Wesley Morris (b XXXXXXXXXXis a critic-at-large for the New York Times and previously worked at Grantland as the Sportstorialist columnist and cohost of Do You Like Prince Movies? He has been a film...

Wesley Morris (b. 1975) is a critic-at-large for the New York Times and previously worked at Grantland as the Sportstorialist columnist and cohost of Do You Like Prince Movies? He has been a film critic at the Boston Globe, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the San Francisco Examiner. In 2012, Morris was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his criticism at the Boston Globe and, while at Grantland, he was a 2015 National Magazine Award finalist for Columns and Commentary. In 2016 he began co-hosting the podcast Still Processing, which was named one of the fiy best podcasts of 2016 by The Atlantic. He received a bachelor’s degree from Yale University for film studies. The essay below was published in the New York Times. ► Genres: Speculating about Causes and Effects, Arguing a Position, Explaining Concepts Before you read, consider a song, movie, television show, podcast, or work of art that you think should be widely admired.

As you read, note how Morris uses the example of literary critic Harold Bloom (pars. 6–7) as an example of a canon-maker, mentioning him again in the final paragraph. How effective is this strategy in helping you understand the concept of canon-making and Morris’s perspective on it?