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Trash Salman Rushdie or John Updike, and you might make a name for yourself as a literary critic. Some reviewers rely on vitriol to buoy their reputations and lose readers, but those who criticize with purpose and insight often gain a reputation as a savvy critic...
That’s what some say James Wood, critic for The New Republic and formerly the Guardian, has done. Now, as a visiting lecturer in English and American Language and Literature, he wants to bring this undaunted approach to Harvard classrooms...
DIED. NEIL POSTMAN, 72, spirited social critic and New York University professor who formulated thought-provoking warnings on TV and other mass media; of lung cancer; in New York City. In more than 17 books and 200 articles, he cast a critical eye on the "information revolution," warning that its onslaught could lead to "culture death...
...Forum complements this increasing consciousness by booking expert guests from all disciplines and backgrounds. Upcoming speakers, for example, include Iraq expert Toby Dodge and Catherine Orenstein, a journalist and cultural critic who has written a book about the evolution of ethics and gender in fairy tales...
Arthur Hertzberg, a renowned Jewish historian and a vocal critic of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s policies, warned that if demographic trends persist, the Arab population will grow to constitute a majority within the current borders of the State of Israel in the next 20 years...