Andrea Long Chu and the politics of critical life. The first time you publish a review, once the temporary excitement of the byline wears off, you are forced to confront an age-old question: What’s ...

No one likes criticism. Even those who criticize feel burdened by their perceived "need" to do it. All my critical clients in the past 40 years have been at least intuitively aware that criticism is a ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Justin Tranter, a 45-year-old musician who has co-written smash hits by Chappell Roan and Justin Bieber, was annoyed. Social media, in Tranter’s view, had been ...

It has been a tough summer for cultural critics. The Associated Press said it would end its weekly book reviews, citing “a thorough review of AP’s story offerings and what is being most read on our ...