Publish and Perish
This is part of a series of columns on public…
The Longing Man
He is the beta narcissist in clinical terms, the male Madame Bovary in literary ones. But in my mind, he is always the longing man.
On BirthrightsWhat came about through the workings of power politics will almost certainly end, if it ever does end, through the workings of power politics. The question for politically engaged intellectuals is what to make of that fact.
It Was More Than a NotionAlbert Cleage spent his life juggling the endless search for an earthly heaven with Lorde’s directive to always take care of ourselves together. He never stopped asking two questions: What is the point of black survival if not to aim for the highest good? Why aim high if you can barely survive?
Between UsArtists can offer us fantastic symmetries of tamed discord, but these remain silent, beautiful objects unless we put into practice their wisdom—the wisdom we gain these days from the practice of social distance. What will we take with us when we return to the world of people?
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