Michelle Dean quote

Bad criticism recites rote arguments. The shame of rote arguments isn't just that they're cliches, though they are, but that they tend to hide from us why a critic is actually thinking what they're thinking.
Michelle Dean
Michelle Dean
Born: 1983

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