What We Learn from the Lives of Critics
Parul Sehgal on the lives of critics such as Randall Jarrell, Elizabeth Hardwick, Susan Sontag, Margo Jefferson, and Roger Ebert.
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Parul Sehgal on the lives of critics such as Randall Jarrell, Elizabeth Hardwick, Susan Sontag, Margo Jefferson, and Roger Ebert.
The comedian has made this Upper East Side apartment his own with entertainment and sports memorabilia — and lots of books.
Yesterday I started in on A Terry Teachout Reader over lunch. The Reader begins with his 1995 New York Times review of Dawn Powell's Diaries cum tribute to Powell's novels in just under 1,500 words. It is a marvel of concision and appreciation. It ends with his moving 1996 Commentary essay 'Mourning Nancy LaMott' (retitled 'My Friend Nancy'). 'I loved her with all my heart,' he confesses in the introduction.