Against Taste: On the Craft of Criticism
How does one go about defining bad art? As an instructor of creative writing, in the classroom, in office hours, via email, I diplomatically affirmed one student or another in their appreciation of poets often derided publicly on social media or privately in casual conversation between writers. Instapoets. Stadium poets. Popular poets. Outside of the […]
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How does one go about defining bad art? As an instructor of creative writing, in the classroom, in office hours, via email, I diplomatically affirmed one student or another in their appreciation of poets often derided publicly on social media or privately in casual conversation between writers. Instapoets. Stadium poets. Popular poets. Outside of the