Three new histories of literary study draw attention to the critic’s material life. Literary Criticism: A Concise Political History, by Joseph North, Paraliterary ...

Andy Hines
Andy Hines is an assistant professor of English at the University of Southern Indiana. His writing on African American literature and literary criticism can be found in Blind Field, Criticism, and English Language Notes.
Why Critics Wait
By Andy Hines
As protests over the death of Freddie Gray intensified, Sydette Harry tweeted about yet another dimension of widespread institutional anti-black racism in the United States. She wrote, “It’s funny ...