Larry Kramer Unloads on The New York Times
Via an essay in Paper magazine, Kramer positively rips NYT book reviewers.
Larry Kramer’s 2015 novel The American People, Volume 1: Search for My Heart was reviewed twice in the New York Times; in March by Dwight Garner and in May by John Sutherland. In between those two critiques, there was an April interview feature by Alexandra Alter.
For many authors, that would be a bounty. But for someone of Kramer’s stature, the coverage has not sat so well. From his essay in the October ‘Nowstalgia’ issue of Paper magazine, on newsstands this week:
When we [gay writers] fall into the hands of book critics at The Times, we are amazed at their lack of understanding, empathy, of what we are trying to do and say.
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