By Eileen Jones
Maureen Dowd: queen of snark?
The burning issue in David Denby’s new book, Snark: It’s Mean, It’s Personal, and It’s Ruining Our Conversation, is that these days we’re all too snarky, and it’s imperiling Western Civilization. First, of course, he has to define snark, which takes most of the book. By the end you won’t be sure what snark is anymore, but you’ll know Denby thinks it’s bad.
Posted on: January 16th, 2009
Read more: David Denby, internet, invective, Keith Olbermann, Maureen Dowd, Michael Kinsley, Tom Wolfe
