… system, Broder asks: whence does leadership in America come and in what patterns? Broder tries to analyze America’s … by Washington. The younger leaders, depressingly, also reflect the decline of American institutions like the … stand on a chair in shirt sleeves, and literally get an audience almost hysterical with an impassioned speech on …
Essays
… he declared. There is something plaintive about his work (“Come to help me, words,” he called out. “Run to me!”), which … not live long.” Orten knew that his life had been slit. He died in a bizarre accident in Prague in the late summer of … and Charlock (1941), were printed under pseudonyms. He also prepared two more collections that were published after …
… people as that people appears today. Observers have come to this negative conclusion in a way which is typical, … They have begun with Europe. There they have observed bodies of folk-music integrated with what appear to be tight … broader objectives and an equipment adequate to the broader points of view. Among these I shall mention but one, the …
Essays
… of Los Angeles It is useful to start at the end, which is also the beginning: at the far side of an imaginary bridge, … at the 101 freeway’s eight lanes. Mountain lions have died here before, crossing from one sliver of wilderness to … to take down livestock or approach humans. Mountain lions communicate through code: scrapes or scratches on tree bark, …
Criticism
… Thomas’, Der Tod in Venedig , Thomas’ review of Heinrich’s, Die Grosze Sach , and birthday speeches by Thomas and … notes which clarify and enrich the understanding of comments and references made in the letters. Finally there … the development of this split as well as their intimacy; also, Heinrich’s move toward the French and democracy and …
… mother, knew the minute she was no longer alive. My mother died alone— unconscious, the doctor guesses. Who knew what …