Thanks to Brian for pointing out this review, by the ever-controversial often perceptive William Logan, of Wallace Stevens' recent Selected. If this be "snark," then long live snark. In other words, I love critical writing like this, and if you don't, then it's probably because you haven't made adequate efforts to appreciate the critic's intention.
It is a good review. What I like is the anti-intellectual bias, which is at the heart of the Snark Police's mission, displayed in some of the comments. Basically a bunch of people writing the reviewer off as a Mr. Smartypants know-it-all. Makes you wonder what kind of a general dumbing-down the advocates for less "snark" are asking for.
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