Joyce Carol Oates Quote

My governing principle as a critic is to call attention solely to books and writers that merit such attention, and to avoid whenever possible reviewing books negatively except in those instances in which the negative is countered by an admiring consideration of earlier books by the same author.

Joyce Carol Oates

My governing principle as a critic is to call attention solely to books and writers that merit such attention, and to avoid whenever possible reviewing books negatively except in those instances in which the negative is countered by an admiring consideration of earlier books by the same author.

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