Robert Archambeau

ROUNDTABLE RESPONSES TO “SOME DARKER BOUQUETS”

April 1, 2009 Contributed By: Ange Mlinko, Annie Finch, Barry Schwabsky, Bill Freind, Daisy Fried, Dale Smith, David Lau, David Orr, Don Share, Eric Lorberer, Joe Amato, Johannes Göransson, John Beer, John Bradley, John Latta, Kristin Prevallet, Mark Halliday, Mark Wallace, Maureen McLane, Michael Robbins, Michael Theune, Murat Nemet-Nejat, Rebecca Porte, Richard Owens, Robert Archambeau, Robert Baird, Rodrigo Toscano, Scott Esposito, Stephen Burt, Tim Atkins, Tom Orange, V. Joshua Adams

: : V. Joshua Adams : : Joe Amato : : Robert Archambeau : : Tim Atkins : : Robert Baird : : John Beer : : John Bradley : : Stephen Burt : : Scott Esposito : : Annie Finch : : Bill Freind : : Daisy Fried : : Johannes Göransson : : Mark Halliday : : John Latta : : David Lau : : Eric Lorberer […]

ROBERT ARCHAMBEAU’S RESPONSE TO “SOME DARKER BOUQUETS”

April 1, 2009 Contributed By: Robert Archambeau

Kent Johnson’s right, I think, to agree with Jason Guriel about the importance of the honestly negative review: it matters for (ahem) the Future of the Art that we say what we really think when we write reviews. And Johnson’s right, too, about the source of the glut of reviews laden with overly exuberant praise. […]