Submitted by J. Graham, Mar 14, 2007 08:02

"Mr. James is one of those rare writers who convinces you that criticism is not necessarily a handmaiden in the palace of the arts —"

No!

"Mr. James is one of those rare writers who CONVINCE you that criticism is not necessarily a handmaiden in the palace of the arts —"

Please see Bryan A. Garner, A Dictionary of Modern American Usage, under "one of the [+pl. n.] who (or that)"l: "After the who or that, the verb should be plural becase who [or that] is the subject, and it takes its number from the plural noun to which who or that refers": Of those writers who convince you . . ., Mr. James is one.

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