2009 Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism: Telling True Stories in Turbulent Times

The Critic as Storyteller: Using narrative to review the arts

In this wide-ranging conversation, four arts writers will look at their work from an unusual perspective. Critics write about narratives—in film, literature, pop music, opera—but it's easy to forget that they, like the artists they write about, are storytellers. How do we tell stories when we write about stories? What narrative strategies come in particularly handy for the arts writer?