Welcome to Critic at Large

A (writer's) meditations on cultural creations old and new

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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.

—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship

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Dear Readers:

I am pleased to announce the launch of Critic at Large, my new weekly newsletter focused on cultural creations, old and new. I decided to start this project after the feedback I received on many of the artistic works featured in Conversations With Myself and in response to requests from readers to continue to shed light on similar works, famous and obscure, worthy of our time and consideration.

In each essay, I will select a work — from literature, poetry, art, music, cinema, etc. — and examine what makes it distinctive,  thought-provoking, and potentially even great. My goal is to search for its meaning and value, seeking to understand what it says about our human condition. My inaugural post will discuss “Caesar Must Die,” a 2012 film by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. I saw it for the first time recently and found it remarkable for reasons I look forward to sharing with you.

All readers of Conversations With Myself  (CWM) have received a complimentary subscription to Critic at Large. Furthermore, I have enabled all the community features in Substack, and I encourage you to add your reactions to my remarks and your own thoughts about the featured works. You are also welcome to share this newsletter with your wider network to help it grow. 

As for CWM, all the essays written in Enzo’s memory are no longer available online since I am editing them for publication in book form in the (hopefully) near future.

As always, thank you for reading. I hope you will share and enjoy this new journey of discovery with me.

All the best,

Carlos

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