March 5th, 2010 / 6:51 pm
Snippets

I posted about this yesterday, but I’m not sure it registered in the collective whatever, so here’s another snatch from  Joshua Cohen on Seymour Krim at the Forward.:

A literary critic is somebody who lives in a brownstone or penthouse, wears a suit, and is affiliated with either an academic institution or wealthy relatives; a bookreviewer, however, lives in a shabbier apartment, wears shabbier clothes, and drinks and smokes cheaper drinks and cheaper smokables. William Hazlitt and Matthew Arnold were literary critics, and 10,000 summer intern humanities undergraduates become book reviewers when the publications they slave for run short and need a quickie 500 words (those publications that still run book reviews).

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Also (via Casey McKinney’s facebook page) here’s this-

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bse7gZrvV8

17 Comments

  1. ()

      You should post it every day until you feel that it takes hold in the collective whatever. Or, maybe no one gives a shit.

  2. ()

      You should post it every day until you feel that it takes hold in the collective whatever. Or, maybe no one gives a shit.

  3. Justin Taylor

      Yes, that’s the great part about being me- it’s my decision. But seriously, thanks for reading. It’s guys like you who really make it all worthwhile. And I like those little ass-brackets that you left instead of a name. Really says “class.”

  4. Justin Taylor

      Yes, that’s the great part about being me- it’s my decision. But seriously, thanks for reading. It’s guys like you who really make it all worthwhile. And I like those little ass-brackets that you left instead of a name. Really says “class.”

  5. (Ass-Brackets)

      Oh man do I like “ass-brackets.” I’m going to steal that one from you, Chachi.

  6. (Ass-Brackets)

      Oh man do I like “ass-brackets.” I’m going to steal that one from you, Chachi.

  7. Aluminum Shark
  8. Aluminum Shark
  9. mimi

      I’m tempted to say “Settle down boys”, but I actually have no idea if Ass-Brackets or Aluminum Shark are dudes or not, although I suspect they are, and in fact it really doesn’t matter. There seems to be a lot of “male energy” here at HTML GIANT, and that’s cool, I can handle it. In fact I kinda like it. It’s amusing. It’s funny. I’ve read (elsewhere on the blogosphere) that some chicks won’t come here any more because of the “misogyny”. Whatever. I still learn about a lot of interesting things. Which brings me to this:

      I do plan to read the Cohen link – my whatever has taken note – but I usually don’t comment on posts about literary criticism because I’m such a “novice”. Your links are the most consistently serious and thoughtful – at least that’s how I take them.

      I sometimes wonder how contributors feel about posts that don’t get any (or any serious) comments, because they _have_ gone to some effort. I for one am paying attention, even though most of my comments are kind of goofy.

  10. mimi

      I’m tempted to say “Settle down boys”, but I actually have no idea if Ass-Brackets or Aluminum Shark are dudes or not, although I suspect they are, and in fact it really doesn’t matter. There seems to be a lot of “male energy” here at HTML GIANT, and that’s cool, I can handle it. In fact I kinda like it. It’s amusing. It’s funny. I’ve read (elsewhere on the blogosphere) that some chicks won’t come here any more because of the “misogyny”. Whatever. I still learn about a lot of interesting things. Which brings me to this:

      I do plan to read the Cohen link – my whatever has taken note – but I usually don’t comment on posts about literary criticism because I’m such a “novice”. Your links are the most consistently serious and thoughtful – at least that’s how I take them.

      I sometimes wonder how contributors feel about posts that don’t get any (or any serious) comments, because they _have_ gone to some effort. I for one am paying attention, even though most of my comments are kind of goofy.

  11. Aluminum Shark
  12. Aluminum Shark
  13. mimi

      kewl

  14. mimi

      kewl

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  16. anon

      AS, you have qualities i had previously thought were typical only of male trolls. not sure if that’s impressive or unfortunate

  17. anon

      AS, you have qualities i had previously thought were typical only of male trolls. not sure if that’s impressive or unfortunate