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Title: OK essays but:
Review: As pep talks and education for beginning artists, I think the demeanor has a feeling of anger and singular religiousity. Most of the ideas presented have been written about or alluded to numerous times in art criticism; nothing wrong with re-itterating them, but the tone is what bothered me. I prefer to not work from a position of anger and rightousness. Although it is difficult to do. In the Umberto Eco interview, Paris Review #185,he talked about two kinds of art he didn't like; that which is better than his and he wish he had done it, and that which is worse than his.Based on Ms. Winterson's writing, I doubt if she is a very fun person to be around (just guessing for what it's worth, but she only wants to be judged by her work, sorry).
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