literary critic

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In an interview published to mark Massie's retirement as The Scotsman's chief literary critic, David Robinson outlined what he called the author's "love affair" with the paper, as well as the scale of his output.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

Podhoretz’s political commitments didn’t require him to be any less discriminating a literary critic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Every age sees the apocalypse in its own image, as the distinguished literary critic Frank Kermode observed in his book “The Sense of an Ending.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025

“In the decades after the war, there was pressure to make the Holocaust fit a moral framework,” Ruth Franklin, a biographer and literary critic, said in a phone interview.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

She was brilliant, had been an avid reader her whole life, and she was a terrific literary critic, editor, and proofreader.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman