tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540771071400993487.post4639137135134318054..comments2024-03-27T07:14:36.800-04:00Comments on <b>Dawn Potter</b>: Dawn Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07500960150846895633noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540771071400993487.post-16243796349575203302012-05-23T07:28:45.143-04:002012-05-23T07:28:45.143-04:00That whole nexus of links is vaguely unappealing. ...That whole nexus of links is vaguely unappealing. If he had done a video of him shooting the book it would have gone viral, as we youtube viewers seem to thrive on that sort of thing.<br /><br />Here is my own personal specimen:<br />http://chicagopoetry.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=185&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0David X. Novakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00333764838587758028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540771071400993487.post-76723570095800524612012-05-22T18:06:04.550-04:002012-05-22T18:06:04.550-04:00Poor Keats; he did have some awful reviews. I supp...Poor Keats; he did have some awful reviews. I suppose, however, it's preferable to be soundly disliked than to be tepidly praised. At least I like to think I'd feel better about it, but probably I'd just be crushed and self-excoriating. Not like Richard Ford. <br /><br />(http://gawker.com/5304322/the-time-alice-hoffmans-review-drove-richard-ford-into-a-gun+wielding-rage)Dawn Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07500960150846895633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540771071400993487.post-90846471839513057212012-05-22T18:02:07.704-04:002012-05-22T18:02:07.704-04:00If that's praise that sounds like "damnin...If that's praise that sounds like "damning with faint praise." Sometimes I think reviewers like to hedge because they don't want to be the one who says, "I can't see much of value in this Great Gatsby thing, a piece of ephemera that won't last longer than the morning dew." You know, like those reviews ridiculing Keats which everybody still remembers!David X. Novakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00333764838587758028noreply@blogger.com