info at pulpculture.org wrote:
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> recently, both John Adams and Carrol Cox said that a good rule of thumb is
> never to trash an author/artist. Do you mean, never write anything bad at
> all or just never thoroughly trash something.
Imprecise. The question is which books (of the thousands printed) does one review? Answer: Only the very good ones at length; brief reviews for the next level; ignore the existence of the rest. Look at it from the perspective of a book review editor. To get some idea of the magnitude, check the "Books of Interest" list at the back of each issue (quarterly) of Critical Inquiry.
Carrol
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> How do others feel about this?
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