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Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics - (Paperback)

Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics - (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b><i>Liberties - A Journal of Culture and Politics</i> features new essays and poetry from some of the world's best writers and artists to inspire and impact the intellectual and creative lifeblood of our current culture and today's politics.</b> <p> This spring issue of <i>Liberties</i> includes: Giles Kepel on the Murder of Samuel Paty; Ingrid Rowland's Long Live the Classics!; Vladimir Kara-Murza Surviving Putin's Poisons; Paul Starr on Reckoning with National Failure from Covid; Becca Rothfeld on Today's Sanctimony Literature; Enrique Krauze explores What is Latin America?; William Deresiewicz on Why Great Visual Art Forces Us to Think; Benjamin Moser on Rediscovering Frans Hals; David Nirenberg on What We Can Learn from Earlier Plagues; Agnes Callard's view of Romance without Love, Love without Romance; Mitchell Abidor looks back to "Social Media" in 1895 to Understand a Crowd's "Wisdom"; The Tallis Scholars' Peter Phillips on the Secrets of Josquin; David Thomson on Movies' Poetic Desire; Poetry from Henri Cole, Chaim Nachman Bialik, and Paul Muldoon; and, Leon Wieseltier (editor) asks "Where Are the Americans?" and Celeste Marcus (managing editor) writes for a Pluralistic Heart.<p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Leon Wieseltier is the editor of <i>Liberties</i>. <p/> Celeste Marcus is the managing editor of <i>Liberties</i>. <p/> Gilles Kepel is the Middle East and Mediterranean Chair Professor at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris and the author most recently of <i>Terror in France: the Rise of Jihad in the West</i> and <i>Away from Chaos: The Middle-East and the Challenge to the West</i>. This essay was translated by Henry Randolph. <p/> Ingrid Rowland is the author, among other books, of <i>From Pompeii: The Afterlife of a Roman Town</i>. She teaches at Notre Dame. <p/> Vladimir Kara-Murza is a Russian opposition politician and writer. He chairs the Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom and serves as vice president at the Free Russia Foundation. <p/> Paul Starr is a professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University, and the author, most recently, of <i>Entrenchment: Wealth, Power and the Constitution of Democratic Societies</i>. <p/> Henri Cole is an American poet. <i>Blizzard</i>, his latest collection of poetry, was published last year. <p/> Becca Rothfeld is a PhD candidate in philosophy at Harvard and a contributing editor at <i>The Point</i>. <p/> Enrique Krauze is a Mexican essayist, producer, and publisher. He is the author of many books and the founder of the magazine <i>Letras Libres</i>. This essay was translated by Thomas Bunstead. <p/> William Deresiewicz is the author of <i>Excellent Sheep</i> and, most recently, <i>The Death of the Artist</i>. <p/> Benjamin Moser is the author, among other books, of <i>Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector</i> and <i>Sontag: Her Life and Work</i>. <p/> Chaim Nachman Bialik was one of the giants of modern Hebrew poetry and one of the founders of modern Jewish culture. This translation is dedicated to Allan Nadler. <p/> David Nirenberg is the Dean of the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. <p/> Agnes Callard is a professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago. <p/> Mitchell Abidor is a writer and translator, most recently of Victor Serge's <i>Notebooks 1936-1947</i>. <p/> Peter Phillips is a choral conductor, a musicologist, and the founder of The Tallis Scholars. <p/> Paul Muldoon is an Irish poet. His most recent book is <i>Frolic and Detour</i>. <p/> David Thomson's new books <i>A Light in the Darkness: A History of Movie Directors</i> and <i>Disaster Mon Amour</i> will be published this year. <p/>

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