Author post Our Own Day Here 16 Nov 201718 Nov 2017 Author's note: The ideas I explored in this essay--long ago, at a time before the phrase "identity politics" became current--those ideas are still under vigorous dispute, on both right and…
Author post… Recursions, Part 7: “The Portable Hannah Arendt,” Edited by Peter Baehr 5 Oct 20175 Oct 2017 This is the seventh in a series of short critical looks at books of literary criticism. Yes, a writer writing about writers who write about writers! I composed these for…
Author post… Recursions, Part 6: Christopher Hitchens’s “Unacknowledged Legislation” 3 Aug 20175 Aug 2017 This is the sixth in a series of short critical looks at books of literary criticism. Yes, a writer writing about writers who write about writers! I composed these for…
Author post… Recursions, Part 5: Flannery O’Connor’s “Mystery and Manner” 30 Jul 201730 Jul 2017 This is the fifth in a series of short critical looks at books of literary criticism. Yes, a writer writing about writers who write about writers! I composed these for…