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Steven Pinker is skeptical of new media skepticism
At the New York Times this week, Steven Pinker has a not-to-be-missed op-ed on new media skepticism. A taste: Media critics write as if the brain takes on the qualities of whatever it consumes, the informational equivalent of “you are what … Continue reading
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Camille Paglia has a Book on the Visual Arts in the Works
And according to what Camille Paglia says at Salon today, she should be done with it by the Fall of 2010: I have gone on hiatus from Salon to focus on my current project for Pantheon Books — a study of the … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Camille Paglia, criticism, life, literature, photography, poetry, Sexual Personae, vision
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Was George Orwell a Clear-Headed Critic of Literature, or Was He Hopelessly Confused About It?
Perhaps something in between. At the New Statesman website, New Yorker staff writer, Keith Gessen, discusses the tensions and contradictions in George Orwell’s writings on literature and the arts. One of the examples that he offers is Orwell’s evaluation of … Continue reading
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Slate Reviews James Wood’s New Book, “How Fiction Works”
Slate yesterday had an interesting review of New Yorker book critic James Wood’s new book. Money quote: I hope this isn’t taken the wrong way, but by the end of How Fiction Works, I felt as though I had just read a … Continue reading
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Prometheus Unbound 