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Book Synopsis“A Meteor of Intelligent Substance”
“Something was Missing in our Culture, and Here It Is”
"Invaluable"
"Liberties is THE place to be. Change starts in the mind.”
Liberties, a journal of Culture and Politics, is essential reading for those engaged in the cultural and political issues and causes of our time.
Liberties features serious, independent, stylish, and controversial essays by significant writers and leaders throughout the world; new poetry; and, introduces the next generation of writers and voices to inspire and impact the intellectual and creative lifeblood of today’s culture and politics.
In this issue of Liberties: Cass R. Sunstein - The Supreme Court Gone Wrong; Carissa Veliz - Digitization is Surveillance; Ekaterina Pravilova - The Autocrat’s War; Richard Taruskin - What is Bad Taste; Jonathan Zimmerman - Memoirs of a White Savior; Richard Wolin - The Cult of Carl Schmitt; Mark Polizzotti - Surrealism and Cancellation; Andrew Butterfield - Dante During Covid; Scott Spillman - The Strange History of the Slave Songs; Leora Batnitzky - The Sacrifice of Edith Stein; Helen Vendler - Sylvia Plath on Motherhood; Jared Marcel Pollen - Was Havel Right?; Celeste Marcus - The Curse of the Radical Israeli Right; Leon Wieseltier - The Future of Nature; and new poems by Claire Malroux, Marissa Grunes, Paula Bohince.
Trade Review"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
"Invaluable" David Brooks (New York Times)
“Liberties: Some serious food for thought” Christiane Amanpour
