Anatole Broyard

Anatole Broyard (July 16, 1920 – October 11, 1990) was an American literary critic for the New York Times. He is notable for denying his African ancestry by passing as white. Quotes It is one of the paradoxes of American literature that our writers are forever looking back with love and nostalgia at lives they couldn’t wait to leave. New York Times 16th March 1973. An aphorism is a generalization of sorts, and our present-day writers seem more at home with the particular. ‘Wisdom of Aphorisms’, New York Times, 30th April 1983. The contents of someone's bookcase are part of his history, like an ancestral portrait. ‘About Books, Recoiling, Rereading, Retelling’, New York Times, February 22, 1987. A good book is never exhausted. It goes on whispering to you from the wall. ‘About Books, Recoiling, Rereading, Retelling’, New York Times, February 22, 1987. External links Category:Authors from the United States Category:African Americans Category:People from Louisiana Category:People from New Orleans Category:Literary critics