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September 14, 2012

Judith Jack Halberstam on the University, Credos, and More

“I believe in shaking down the big disciplines once a generation, replacing dinosaur forms of knowledge production with improvised programs, and reinventing curricula, disciplinary knowledge, and knowledge clusters every decade at least. I believe … the university needs to dance...

September 12, 2012

Stephen Burt on the Impossibility of Poetry Criticism via The Critical Pulse

“But poetry criticism should also be impossible: if a poem is any good it should exceed and complicate any statement that you want to make about it—the trick is to say things that are true nevertheless.”—Stephen Burt, “Without Evidence” One...

September 11, 2012

Jeffrey J. Williams and Heather Steffen on "The Critical Pulse" and Literary Criticism

The following is an interview with Jeffrey J. Williams and Heather Steffen, coeditors of The Critical Pulse: Thirty-Six Credos by Contemporary Critics. (For more on the book, you can read the introduction, Criticism in a Difficult Time). Question: What is...

August 28, 2012

New Book Tuesday: Literary Critics on the State of the Field, Vietnamese Tradition, and More!

The Critical Pulse: Thirty-six Credos by Contemporary Critics Edited by Jeffrey J. Williams and Heather Steffen Heritage, Culture, and Politics in the Postcolony Daniel Herwitz Mission Revolution: The U.S. Military and Stability Operations Jennifer Morrison Taw Sources of Vietnamese Tradition...

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Judith Jack Halberstam on the University, Credos, and More

Stephen Burt on the Impossibility of Poetry Criticism via The Critical Pulse

Jeffrey J. Williams and Heather Steffen on "The Critical Pulse" and Literary Criticism

New Book Tuesday: Literary Critics on the State of the Field, Vietnamese Tradition, and More!