(1930–2011)
English-born U.S. novelist, essayist, and book reviewer“He had never been a good critic, because among other things, he could not pan a friend. (I know this seems a barbarous test, but without it, everything comes unstuck; and nonfriends suffer disproportionately.)”
more infosource: “Cyril Connolly,” in The Good Word and Other Words (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1978), 49.
medium: Essay
notes: beautiful essay about Sheed's writing published by Dwight Garner here
“Most writer interviews are not art at all, but a sort of cultural packaging. The cages are too small, the questioner’s powers too sweeping; what we want to know obliterates what the speaker wants to say.”
more infosource: “The Interview as Art,” in The Good Word and Other Words (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1978), 211.
category: interview, media, writer
medium: Book review
notes: beautiful essay about Sheed's writing published by Dwight Garner here
“Letters by a living man are a bit like a stately home with the owner around—one isn’t sure how much one can touch.”
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Wilfrid Sheed