James Wood Videos

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James Wood, the sincere, somewhat old-fashioned, unpretentious yet high-minded New Yorker literary critic, spoke at the Harvard Book Store recently about his new book, How Fiction Works. Click here: to listen (30 minutes). Also ThoughtCast will be interviewing Wood shortly - hooray! - and we re interested in your input! We d like to discuss, among other topics, different kinds of literary creativity. What makes a great critic, rather than, say, a great novelist, or poet? What does the critic look for? How personal is the art of criticism, and how much a matter of taste - or instinct? Just how creative is it? Please add your thoughts in the comments section below, or email them to feedback at thoughtcast dot org!

James Wood (photo credit: Cade Martin) James Wood, the sincere, somewhat old-fashioned, unpretentious yet high-minded New Yorker literary critic, spoke at the Harvard Book Store recently about his new book, How Fiction Works. Click here: to listen (30 minutes). Also ThoughtCast will be interviewing Wood shortly - hooray! - and we re interested in your input! We d like to discuss, among other topics, different kinds of literary creativity. What makes a great critic, rather than, say, a great novelist, or poet? What does the critic look for? How personal is the art of criticism, and how much a matter of taste - or instinct? Just how creative is it? Please add your thoughts in the comments section below, or email them to feedback at thoughtcast dot org!

Everett Domeier and James Wood doing an acoustic duet on a Thursday night, at Cali's. Elvis (bay bee)enjoy