LIVE from NYPL: A.O. Scott | Siri Hustvedt
A.O. Scott and Siri Hustvedt at NYPL, March 7, 2016A.O. Scott and Siri Hustvedt talk about how "the critical work supplants the actual art form" at last night's LIVE from the NYPL event.
Posted by NYPL The New York Public Library on Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Critic extraordinaire A.O. Scott delivers an impassioned defense of his craft in Better Living Through Criticism: How to Think about Art, Pleasure, Beauty and Truth. Together with author Siri Hustvedt, the two will explore the uses, challenges, and limitations of criticism.
A. O. SCOTT joined The New York Times as a film critic in January 2000. Previously, he was a Sunday book reviewer for Newsday and a frequent contributor to Slate, The New York Review of Books, and many other publications. He has served on the editorial staffs of Lingua Franca and The New York Review of Books. In addition to his film-reviewing duties, Scott often writes for the Times Magazine and the Book Review.
SIRI HUSTVEDT has a PhD in English literature from Columbia University and is the internationally acclaimed author of five novels, and a growing body of nonfiction. In 2012 she was the recipient of the Gabarron International Award for Thought and Humanities. She lives in Brooklyn.
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