Dale Pck was surprised by the furor that erupted over his scathing review of Dale Peck’s book last fall. But the backlash has taken its toll, he writes. “God knows the name-calling doesn’t bother me (although you’d think a clever writer wouldn’t have to resort to homophobia to defend his novel). But it does effectively destroy my ability to be read seriously, by which I mean holistically. I’m the guy who called Moody the worst writer of his generation, and the thousands of words I used to qualify that assertion have disappeared behind it.”