Oct 042010
Arts & Letters Daily
ideas, criticism, debate
<strong>Harold Bloom</strong>, “a singular breed of scholar-teacher-critic-prose-poet-pamphleteer,” has died. He was 89
Harold Bloom, “a singular breed of scholar-teacher-critic-prose-poet-pamphleteer,” has died. He was 89
The story of how <strong>Silicon Valley</strong> reached the center of the American dream is about how tech's shortcomings became those of the nation
The story of how Silicon Valley reached the center of the American dream is about how tech's shortcomings became those of the nation
<strong>Lenin</strong> invented totalitarianism and the ideas of a one-party state and a terrorist state. He also invented a style of thinking that endures
Lenin invented totalitarianism and the ideas of a one-party state and a terrorist state. He also invented a style of thinking that endures
"The unexamined life may not be worth living, but the overexamined life is not always worth reading." Thus a new memoir from <strong>Thomas Chatterton Williams </strong>
"The unexamined life may not be worth living, but the overexamined life is not always worth reading." Thus a new memoir from Thomas Chatterton Williams
Minae Mizumura, both imaginatively cosmopolitan and linguistically rooted, exemplifies the change in what it means to be an <strong>immigrant writer</strong>
Minae Mizumura, both imaginatively cosmopolitan and linguistically rooted, exemplifies the change in what it means to be an immigrant writer
Did Susan Sontag’s husband, Philip Rieff, steal credit for her first book? Whoever wrote <em>The Mind of the Moralist</em> is <strong>guilty of plagiarism</strong>
Did Susan Sontag’s husband, Philip Rieff, steal credit for her first book? Whoever wrote The Mind of the Moralist is guilty of plagiarism
Auberon Waugh and the art of <strong>writing about wine</strong>. Tasting notes include stale cardboard, French train stations, old penknives, and a dead chrysanthemum
Auberon Waugh and the art of writing about wine. Tasting notes include stale cardboard, French train stations, old penknives, and a dead chrysanthemum
The competing visions for modernism included “Make it new,” of course, but also: <strong>“Art is dead,”</strong> “Realism = Abstraction,” and “victory over the sun”
The competing visions for modernism included “Make it new,” of course, but also: “Art is dead,” “Realism = Abstraction,” and “victory over the sun”
<strong>Noise is a clever enemy</strong> — and a ubiquitous one. The noise warriors are committed to combating every gurgle, squeal, clank, and creak
Noise is a clever enemy — and a ubiquitous one. The noise warriors are committed to combating every gurgle, squeal, clank, and creak
The anthropologists who coined “<strong>cultural relativism</strong>” discovered that, in fact, not all cultures were equal. American culture, they felt, was inadequate
The anthropologists who coined “cultural relativism” discovered that, in fact, not all cultures were equal. American culture, they felt, was inadequate
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