"Luminous," a reminder. (opens in new tab)

The NYT has a piece called so let's review the history of "luminous" on this blog.I've said it all before, and I've summed it up before. So I will simply republish this post of mine from September 27, 2022:"I thought the memo had gone out that the word 'luminous' had been banned from book reviews.", recalling a wonderful 2007 essay by Joe Queenan. In Queenan wrote:Several years ago, overwhelmed by the flood of material unleashed annually by the publishing industry, I decided to establish a sc...