Renata Adler

Reckless Disregard

Essay on libel law and the conflict between journalism and legal power

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Renata Adler

American journalist and novelist who worked as a film critic for The New York Times and wrote two highly regarded experimental novels. Speedboat and Pitch Dark are formally radical works that challenge the conventions of narrative. Her essay 'House Critic,' attacking Pauline Kael, is a masterpiece of polemic.

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