Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics: Fall 2023

by Anita Shapira, Oksana Forostyna, Christian Lorentzen, Robert B. Pippin, Alan Jenkins

Overview

Liberties, a Journal of Culture and Politics, is essential reading for those engaged in the cultural and political issues of our time. 

In this edition of Liberties: Anita Shapira - Statehood and the Jews; Christian Lorentzen - confessions of a New York writer; Oksana Forostyna - Russian Culture and the Ukraine War; Jack Goldsmith - The Supreme Court Wars, America and Israel; Kenda Mutongi - controlled chaos in Kenya; Robert B. Pippin - Bresson’s revolution; Morten Høi Jensen - Georg Brandes, the last European; William Deresiewicz - the edgy mastery of Elizabeth Hardwick; Adrian Nathan West - an undiscovered Dutch literary masterpiece; James McAuley - a memory cellar; Anna Ballan -  Gustav Mahler and farewells in music; Helen Vendler - on the artless artistry of William Blake; Celeste Marcus - the uncanniness of Isabelle Huppert; Leon Wieseltier - rise of narrative and the fall of persuasion; and, poetry by Andrew Jenkins, Miron Bialoszewski, and Chaim Nachman Bialik.

Published quarterly, Liberties, is a collection of the most significant writers today as well as launching the voices of tomorrow. Liberties features serious, independent, stylish, and controversial essays by significant writers and introduces the next generation of writers and poets to inspire and impact the intellectual and creative lifeblood of today’s culture and politics.

There’s a reason why engaged citizens, cultural warriors, political leaders, opinion makers, and activists from across the cultural and political spectrum read and cherish Liberties.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798985430226
Publisher:	Liberties Journal Foundation
Publication date:	10/24/2023
Series:	Liberties Journal
Pages:	350
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 7.75(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Anita Shapira is an Israeli historian. She is the author, among other books, of Ben Gurion: Father of Modern Israel and Israel: A History.

Oksana Forostyna is a Ukrainian writer and Europe's Futures Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna.

Christian Lorentzen is a writer and critic based in Brooklyn.

Robert B. Pippin is the Evelyn Stefansson Nef Distinguished Service Professor for the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago, and the author of Filmed Thought: Cinema as Reflective Form.

Alan Jenkins’ most recent book of poetry is White Nights.

James McAuley is a contributor to the Washington Post and the author of the House of Fragile Things.

Kenda Mutongi is a professor of history at MIT. She is the author, among other books, of Matatu: A History of Popular Transportation in Nairobi.

Jack Goldsmith teaches law at Harvard University.

Morten Høi Jensen is the author of A Difficult Death: The Life and Work of Jens Peter Jacobsen.

Chaim Nachman Bialik (1873-1934) was one of the founders of modern Hebrew poetry.

William Deresiewicz is a writer and critic, and the author most recently of The End of Solitude: Selected Essays on Culture and Society.

Adrian Nathan West is a translator and the author of, among other books, The Aesthetics of Degradation.

Anna Ballan is a writer based in New York.

Miron Bialoszewski was a Polish poet who died in 1983.

Helen Vendler many books on poetry include The Poetry of George Herbert, The Odes of John Keats, and Wallace Stevens: Words Chosen Out of Desire.

Leon Wieseltier is the editor of Liberties.

Celeste Marcus is the managing editor of Liberties.

What People are Saying About This

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"A quarterly of urgency, of cultural exploration, of intellectual delight, of immaculate prose." Cynthia Ozick

"Liberties is a murderers row of important, fortifying, and inspiring writers.”

Aaron Sorkin

“Invaluable.” David Brooks (New York Times)

"If you wish to have your mind and spirit sharpened on the grinding stone of prescient, progressive and profound insights, Liberties is THE place to be. Change starts in the mind.” Wynton Marsalis

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"It's like a meteor of intelligent substance that landed on my desk.” Thomas L. Friedman (New York Times)

"The appearance of Liberties in the middle of the pandemic was a rare source of light. Its intellectual independence is as admirable as its intellectual seriousness, and it also has style and wit. Something was missing in our culture, and here it is.” Tina Brown

”Liberties is a triumph for freedom of thought.” Mario Vargas Llosa

"Liberty is under threat and Liberties girds us for the fight.” George Stephanopoulos

“Liberties: Some serious food for thought.” Christiane Amanpour

“Liberties is full of observation, insight, and something you don’t find everywhere, something you don’t see coming: a kind of optimism, which shows clearly in its independent and all-inclusive mien.” Isaac Mizrahi

Editorial Reviews

"Liberties is a murderers row of important, fortifying, and inspiring writers.”  Aaron Sorkin

"If you wish to have your mind and spirit sharpened on the grinding stone of prescient, progressive and profound insights, Liberties is THE place to be. Change starts in the mind.” Wynton Marsalis

“Liberties sure is needed in these times.” Bill Maher

”Liberties is a triumph for freedom of thought.” Mario Vargas Llosa

"Liberty is under threat and Liberties girds us for the fight.” George Stephanopoulos 

"It's like a meteor of intelligent substance that landed on my desk.” Thomas L. Friedman (New York Times)

"The appearance of Liberties in the middle of the pandemic was a rare source of light. Its intellectual independence is as admirable as its intellectual seriousness, and it also has style and wit. Something was missing in our culture, and here it is.” Tina Brown

“Liberties: Some serious food for thought” Christiane Amanpour

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