Tag: criticism

  • Taste and Judgement

    This post by Sara Hildreth introduced me to something new – W.H. Auden’s framework for thinking about books and criticising them. She’s not the first to write about it but she’s the one who introduced me to it. Basically, there are five ‘verdicts’ that a seasoned reader can arrive at after finishing a book: Hildreth…

  • Thin skin is in

    I more-or-less quit Facebook after realizing I was being pulled into too many pointless arguments on there, and my life has been better since. Social media pushes people to indulge their worst instincts. Tristan Harris may be smarmy, but he’s not wrong.  I read two pieces yesterday and for some reason didn’t post, about a…