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David Denby

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Colony, Aviary and Zoo: New York Intellectuals

A new book examines the aggressive masculinity that the editors of the Partisan Review brought to their art and literary criticism.

by David Denby via London Review of Books on July 3, 2025
How Leonard Bernstein Changed the Canon

In 1966, the conductor arrived in Vienna with a mission: to restore Gustav Mahler’s place in 20th-century music.

by David Denby via The Atlantic on April 1, 2025
The Making of Norman Mailer

The young man went to war and became a novelist. But did he ever really come back?

by David Denby via The New Yorker on December 19, 2022

Eminent Jews: Berstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer

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