“You might learn as much about how to write by reading Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Wallace Stevens, Raymond Chandler, Saul Bellow, Paul Muldoon or a hundred other good novelists or poets than by seeing another round of John Ford revivals.”
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David Denby
David Denby, born in 1943, is an accomplished American journalist. His career spans various fields, including literary, film, and theater criticism. Denby is known for his insightful and incisive commentary, contributing to The New Yorker magazine for many years. more
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