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27 Jul 2016 Conversations with Tyler Michael Orthofer on Why Fiction Matters
“I will actually review it even if I do not enjoy the book, even if I have immense problems with the book, because I think that’s just — .”
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- 27 Jul 2016
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…Do you think there’s, for instance, an incentive to be too positive or some other skew? I don’t know that it’s as blatant as that. I definitely think editors certainly prefer positive reviews. There are some newspapers which basically won’t print negative reviews. I think that’s always an issue. They can say, “Well, we preselect. That’s the way we do it.” One of the things I love about how I’m able to review books is that I’ll review almost anything. I will actually review it even if I do not enjoy the book, even if I have immense problems with the book, because I think that’s just — . You don’t put them down like I do. Take New York Times or Amazon; I know there’s both. If you had to choose, which do you trust more?…
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