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The guy can write. If only I could read!

The Tribune’s culture correspondent Julia Keller on literary style:

On Jonathan Swift:

“Turgid paragraphs and paternalistic pontifications.”

On James Frey:

“The guy can write!”

This entry was posted on Friday, March 31st, 2006 at 3:00 am and is filed under Swift. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “The guy can write. If only I could read!”

  1. ed
    April 1st, 2006 04:56
    1

    Who let the valley girls cover Chicago culture?

  2. Sam
    April 1st, 2006 14:25
    2

    A 2005 Pulitzer winner. Not for criticism, needless to say.

  3. Pete
    April 3rd, 2006 09:42
    3

    I take back everything nice I’ve said about Keller in the past.

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