Thomas Mallon — A Book of Ones Own People and Their… [1]

Mallon is the best kind of literary critic, one who seemingly has read everything and retained a feverish and communicable enthusiasm for the best of what he has read. — Thomas Mallon, A Book of Ones Own People and Their…, 1

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Defines an ideal literary critic not by gatekeeping or cynicism, but by exhaustive reading paired with an infectious, communicable passion.