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Charles Taylor

Charles Taylor's writing has appeared in Slate, The New York Times, Esquire, New York Review of Books, Routledge, Los Angeles Review of Books, and Dissent Magazine.

Broken Embraces

“If you say so, dear.”

by Charles Taylor
November 18, 2009

That few people seem willing to demand more from criticism is part of why our craft is in freefall.

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