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Merve Emre
The Critic and Her Publics
The best and most prominent critics working today perform criticism on the spot, on an object they’ve never seen before. It’s a glimpse into brilliant minds at work as they perform how to think about art and culture. From the New York Review of Books and Literary Hub, The Critic and Her Publics is a limited series hosted by Merve Emre.
Edited by Michele Moses
Music by Dani Lencioni
Art by Leanne Shapton
Sponsored by the Shapiro Center for Creative Writing and Criticism at Wesleyan University, New York Review of Books, Lit Hub, and Knopf
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3.6 stars from 46 ratings
Please, more of the guests!
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“I really appreciate the idea of this show and I do enjoy reading Emre’s writing. But she conducts each interview as if she is the teacher and inevitably brings the conversation to be about her or her own teaching /writing. This is fine for an episode but gets repetitive week after week. Please...”Read full review »
Shutongh via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/12/24
such a disappointment
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“This really is quite poor. I so wanted to like it, be captivated, be enlightened. But the tone is close to unbearable: cloying, self-absorbed, unctuous. And there hasn’t been a single moment that goes anywhere beneath the surface. The questions are beyond bland and anodyne, and the guests respond...”Read full review »
joe appel via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/27/24
Are the publics really plural ?
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“Immense respect for this project, but the vibe… ça m’énerve”
johnnyjonyzz via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/15/24
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