In letters to his parents Updike describes a more serious relationship in which he and Mr. Lasch diligently read and criticized each other's work, Mr. Lasch pushing Updike to be less glib, and Updike prodding Mr. Lasch to write with more color and verve.
The critique of the growing conformity of life got more persistent during the 1950s, and a number of social scientists in widely read books criticized what they saw as widespread conformity and inauthenticity.
"We're a very supportive community, and I don't want to be read as criticizing the community," he said.
A four-hundred-and-forty-five -page book, among other things, a story to read and criticize — a "narrative," as its authors proudly call it.
As a teacher at a charter school, I get a bit frustrated when I read articles criticizing charter schools, especially because we need to better understand what the statistics often quoted by opponents actually represent.
I had given the manuscript of that Evolution paper to Steve Gould to read and criticize before I dared submit it.
Ideas only seem to work when the recipient is willing to engage, not just read and criticize without the benefit of actually applying the idea suggested.
"In my workshop, introduction to fiction, I have a continuous process where they are writing, reading and criticizing their work," Ms. Oates said.
Amiri Baraka, the politically embattled poet laureate of New Jersey, recently attended to read his poem, criticized as anti-Semitic, about the attack on the World Trade Center.
The textbooks were ultimately ordered, but the board voted to have teachers read the statement criticizing evolution.
