CAAF: Snarkwatch

Not a signal of agreement, just amusement:
• “Carl Sagan writes better than this.” — James Wood, exasperated by Don DeLillo’s use of the “inflationary mode” in Falling Man. (via Jenny Davidson.)
• “Hughes is a perfect example of what happens when a poet, though possessing none of the art necessary to turn a plain old messed-up life into literature, is the sun in her own Copernican system (she puts the Sol back in solipsism).” — William Logan on Frieda Hughes’ book of poems, Forty-Five.
• “I saw two casts, one led by Gillian Murphy and David Hallberg, the other by Paloma Herrera and Angel Corella. Murphy is not an actress. (When she’s happy, she dances with her mouth open; when she’s sad, she closes it.)” — Joan Acocella writing about the Peter Martins’ production of Romeo + Juliet.