Poetry
… July 27th, 1919: Eugene Williams, 17, found dead at the 26th Street Beach, who apparently drowned after being struck …
… In Calvinistic earth he would undoubtedly have been uncomfortable, for he had expressed the hope that when dead, … he found his native land strangely unappreciative of radicals and reformers and hopefully emigrated to America in 1794 … and that the spirit that guided the clergy would never die. Despite his fears, the controversy abated and the …
Criticism
… works’ intrinsic value, however, there’s this: Though they come out of widely divergent cultures—indeed, … Berg has no shortage of other awards, that selection reveals something about her as a writer. From the first, she’s … the grown woman’s funeral. This is an official affair, she died an esteemed literary figure of postwar East Germany, …
… Comrades in Error The Conservative Revolution. By Hermann … utopianism. But Deutsches Volkstum and another monthly, Die Tat, were the pathfinders of rising National Socialism, … this much attacked ruling class of pre-War Germany. He points to the basically liberal traits of the East Prussian …
Essays
… about whether affirmative action has run its course, has accomplished its purposes, or now constitutes an enshrined … national history on this subject is shot through with denials, the two most prominent of which are: first, that the … mob. He and my grandmother settled in St. Louis, but she died soon after bearing her third child (my father) in 1905. …
… was a hustling entrepreneur. He was ready when Washington died in 1799: “I’ve something to whisper in your lug,” Weems … The most famous anecdotes about Washington’s early life come from Weems. He wanted to capture the inner private … the 18th century did not have to be scholars or intellectuals. But there is no doubt that Washington was not a learned …