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The best and most prominent critics working today perform criticism on the spot, on an object they’ve never seen before. It’s a glimpse into brilliant minds at work as they perform how to think about art and culture. From the New York Review of Books and Literary Hub, The Critic and Her Publics is a limited series hosted by Merve Emre.


Sasha Weiss on Mischief in the Pages

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May 6, 2025  By The Critic and Her Publics 
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Radhika Jones on Change

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April 22, 2025  By The Critic and Her Publics 
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Zakiya Dalilah Harris on Satire and Sensitivity

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April 8, 2025  By The Critic and Her Publics 
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Fergus McIntosh: “One Wonders”

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March 25, 2025  By The Critic and Her Publics 
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Jackson Howard on Risking It All

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March 11, 2025  By The Critic and Her Publics 
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Meghan O’Rourke on the Glitzy Bits

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February 25, 2025  By The Critic and Her Publics 
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Kaitlyn Greenidge on Making Artifacts

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February 11, 2025  By The Critic and Her Publics 
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Emily Greenhouse on the Whole Self

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January 28, 2025  By The Critic and Her Publics 
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Christine Smallwood on Going Back to the Text

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July 9, 2024  By The Critic and Her Publics 
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Carina del Valle Schorske on Putting Rhythms into Prose

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June 25, 2024  By The Critic and Her Publics 
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Maggie Doherty on Sharing Art and Ideas

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June 11, 2024  By The Critic and Her Publics 
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Doreen St. Félix on Using Pop Culture to Consider Society

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May 28, 2024  By The Critic and Her Publics 
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Lauren Michele Jackson on the Collision of the Internet, Race, and Gender

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May 14, 2024  By The Critic and Her Publics 
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Jo Livingstone on Not Believing in Anachronism

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April 9, 2024  By The Critic and Her Publics 
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Moira Donegan on Cultivating Invulnerability

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March 26, 2024  By The Critic and Her Publics 
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Anahid Nersessian on Being a Specialist and a Generalist

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March 12, 2024  By The Critic and Her Publics 
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Hannah Goldfield on the Joy of Describing Tastes

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February 27, 2024  By The Critic and Her Publics 
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Sophie Pinkham on Sexy Russian Poets

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February 13, 2024  By The Critic and Her Publics 
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Andrea Long Chu on Liking and Hating

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January 30, 2024  By The Critic and Her Publics 
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