David Bromwich warns against the left’s complacency and presents a deeper concern: inhabiting a society without opposition... more »
What new can be gleaned from the French Revolution’s central paradox: how so many citizens were slaughtered in the name of liberté, égalité, fraternité?... more »
Writers like V.S. Naipaul felt shame and self-loathing for Caribbean literature. Then came Kamau Braithwaite, who threw off the burden... more »