There is an unfortunate side effect of being a person of few words: Sometimes people will assume you are less intelligent than… — Michelle Dean People Copy Share Image
Poems are ideally suited, in some ways, to social media because they pack so much meaning into so little language. — Michelle Dean Language Copy Share Image
The diversity of perspective, the unwillingness to generalise - those are good traits in countries as they are in art. — Michelle Dean Art Copy Share Image
When Paul Beatty's 'The Sellout' was first published in America in 2015, it was a small release. It got a rave review… — Michelle Dean America Copy Share Image
Hollywood versions of watershed moments in American history are generally high-minded shlock. 'JFK,' 'The People vs. Larry Flynt,' even 'Lincoln': all of… — Michelle Dean American Copy Share Image
I still think, most of the time, when people called shows like 'The Sopranos' or 'Deadwood' 'art' that they were correct. — Michelle Dean Art Copy Share Image
Saying that you spend Christmas alone is, to most middle-class Americans, akin to confessing a terminal illness. — Michelle Dean Alone Copy Share Image
There are many things to like about 'Mr. Robot,' the most ephemeral and yet memorable of them being the opening credits. — Michelle Dean Being Copy Share Image
Bad criticism recites rote arguments. The shame of rote arguments isn't just that they're cliches, though they are, but that they tend… — Michelle Dean Bad Copy Share Image
Research can be a boon to a novelist - there are more things in heaven and Earth than can be dreamt of… — Michelle Dean Earth Copy Share Image
In an age where television is viewed as the best medium to 'tell stories,' narrative often stands in for substance on would-be… — Michelle Dean Age Copy Share Image
Feminists are disappointed in each other a lot, a natural side effect of being involved in a movement, which naturally implies that… — Michelle Dean Always Copy Share Image
Hillbilly stereotypes have always made it easier for middle-class whites to presume that racism is the exclusive province of 'that kind' of… — Michelle Dean Always Copy Share Image
Book awards - in America, at least - are not like the Oscars. Awards are not cumulative, and in the case of… — Michelle Dean America Copy Share Image
I tend to judge a piece of criticism by how smart I find the argument. This, I know,, is not how everyone… — Michelle Dean Argument Copy Share Image
The real discovery of having your consciousness raised was never that you'd be handed tools; it was the discovery that the only… — Michelle Dean Consciousness Copy Share Image
Mass market paperback thrillers are a dime a dozen. The trick is to find something that actually sticks to the ribs. — Michelle Dean Dime Copy Share Image
I don't care about the bare fact that anyone liked or didn't like a book or movie; they can only interest me… — Michelle Dean Book Copy Share Image
Would we even recognize an Oliver Stone production if it didn't kick up the usual fuss? — Michelle Dean Even Copy Share Image
We do learn a thing or two from art. It may not be the one-to-one instruction of a moral lesson or the… — Michelle Dean Art Copy Share Image
A good novelist pays attention to his characters. A good biographer pays attention to the documents before her. A good critic pays… — Michelle Dean Attention Copy Share Image
Perhaps crisis forces commonality of purpose on one another. — Michelle Dean Another Copy Share Image
While 'Twilight''s popularity was undeniable among both the teenagers they were aimed at and middle-aged women who flocked to the series in… — Michelle Dean Criticism Copy Share Image
