Criticism shouldn't be a performance that upstages the work it's talking about.
You can get away with anything as long as it works. - Darryl Pinckney
You can get away with anything as long as it works.
- Darryl Pinckney
In her excellent, entirely readable Richard Wright, Hazel Rowley accomplishes what [previous biographer] Michel Fabre would have liked to do with onc… - Darryl Pinckney
In her excellent, entirely readable Richard Wright, Hazel Rowley accomplishes what [previous biographer] Michel Fabre would have liked to do with onc…
When you're writing fiction it's a heightened voice. You're trying to cast a spell, which isn't the same thing as trying to cast someone into it. You… - Darryl Pinckney
When you're writing fiction it's a heightened voice. You're trying to cast a spell, which isn't the same thing as trying to cast someone into it. You…
There's a class divide in black America that doesn't seem to trouble black Americans so much, but whites use it and exploit it. The progress of a few… - Darryl Pinckney
There's a class divide in black America that doesn't seem to trouble black Americans so much, but whites use it and exploit it. The progress of a few…
I think at the beginning of one's writing life, negative reviews are what one does to get attention and stake out your territory. It's also often a m… - Darryl Pinckney
I think at the beginning of one's writing life, negative reviews are what one does to get attention and stake out your territory. It's also often a m…
Identity has several parts, and the self needs to expand. Black youth should be encouraged to have as many parts or as rich an identity as possible. … - Darryl Pinckney
Identity has several parts, and the self needs to expand. Black youth should be encouraged to have as many parts or as rich an identity as possible. …
As for the not-black black president issue - white people can imagine blacks worse off than them, no problem. And now they can imagine blacks better … - Darryl Pinckney
As for the not-black black president issue - white people can imagine blacks worse off than them, no problem. And now they can imagine blacks better …
Being a liberal progressive has been demonized as anti-white or overly on the side of blacks. There's nothing that can be done about that; it's just … - Darryl Pinckney
Being a liberal progressive has been demonized as anti-white or overly on the side of blacks. There's nothing that can be done about that; it's just …
Hillary certainly needs the black vote, and Democrats need it. She's not doing anything too soon; she's raising her money and not wanting any issues … - Darryl Pinckney
Hillary certainly needs the black vote, and Democrats need it. She's not doing anything too soon; she's raising her money and not wanting any issues …
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