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Dwight Macdonald

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The Fate of the Union: Kennedy and After

Reflections on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

by Richard Hofstadter, Irving Howe, Dwight Macdonald, Norman Mailer, David Riesman, George Lichtheim, Richard H. Rovere, Benjamin DeMott, Neal Ascherson, Hans J. Morgenthau, C. Vann Woodward via New York Review of Books on December 26, 1963

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Vincent Price.

The Strange Undeath of Middlebrow

Everything that was once considered lowbrow is now triumphant.

by Phil Christman via The Hedgehog Review on March 25, 2021

Photo of William F. Buckley Jr.

The Pen Is Mightier

Eight ways to understand the literary-political impact of William F. Buckley Jr.

by Steven Hayward via Political Questions on April 15, 2025

Miles Davis, Howard McGhee, and unknown pianist. NYC, September 1947.

On Menand’s "The Free World" and Dinerstein’s "The Origins of Cool in Postwar America"

Two differing explorations of post-WWII culture, politics, and ideals.

by Michael J. Kramer via Society for U.S. Intellectual History on May 21, 2023

A mosaic of freedom and associated ideas

How Americans Lost Their Fervor for Freedom

The New Yorker critic's new book is a sequel of sorts to "The Metaphysical Club."

by Evan Kindley via The New Republic on April 14, 2021

Artistic photo with american flags

Richard Hofstadter’s Discontents

Why did the historian come to fear the very movements he once would have celebrated?

by Jeet Heer via The Nation on October 6, 2020

August 31 1946 Cover of New Yorker magazine

The New Yorker Article Heard Round the World

Revisiting John Hersey's groundbreaking "Hiroshima."

by Greg Mitchell via Literary Hub on July 2, 2020

The War to End All Wars

The ardent but flawed movement against World War I.

by Geoffrey Wheatcroft via The Nation on October 5, 2017

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