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Book SynopsisFrom one of America's most important cultural critics comes this collection of the best of his provocative New York Times essays, pieces that have generated passionate discussion and debate.
Trade Review"Engaging, provocative, maddening, humorous, and insightful."
—Arts Fuse"You are not obligated to agree with him and you are not obligated to like him, but if you care about the enlarging necessity of contest in cultural discourse, then you are obligated to read him."
—New Republic"Stanley Fish makes you think. No matter what you thought, or thought you thought, on a given subject—Israel, academia, pickup basketball, American law—Fish will flip it and spin it and dip it and turn it around for you. (And he can be a terrific comedian to boot.) A brilliant book."
—Mark Edmundson, author of Why Read?"Stimulating."
—Weekly Standard"A volume that covers so much ground so thoughtfully. . . . Fish is both stimulating and precise."
—Chronicle of Higher Education
