Writing as a Critic

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As a critic, it's useful to remember what it's like to make yourself vulnerable by putting your heart and soul on the line. You know, I don't know whether the people from the Atlanta Symphony were right that I was obnoxious or if they're coming down there as a kid to tell them off about the orchestra. So I think the stakes are very high, but yes, I do think that as you get older too, it's not just about putting myself out there. And so I'd like to think that my writing is more measured. It's very easy to score points and get a reputation as somebody who's a flashy writer or somebody who's fun to read by just saying

Michael Kimmelman has been the architecture critic of The New York Times since 2011, writing about cities, public space, infrastructure, community development, public housing, equity, and the environment. He joins to talk about his extraordinary career in journalism and his new book, “The Intimate City: Walking New York.”