May 1996
“Redbaiting” reconsidered
On Gary Wills’s & Nicholas von Hoffman’s recent articles on American Communism.
On Gary Wills’s & Nicholas von Hoffman’s recent articles on American Communism.
On the science wars & other matters
On the familiarity of Twain’s travels.
On Carlos Baker’s understanding of Emerson through friendships.
On Paul Celan: Poet, Survivor, Jew by John Felstiner.
On an ill-placed Pulitzer Prize.
On “Marc Chagall 1907-1917” at the Jewish Museum.
On Evgeny Kissin and Radu Lupu at Carnegie Hall.
On who we choose to admire.
On Babel Tower by A.S. Byatt, and Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.
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