
Cynthia Haven
Writer and Editor at Freelance
@NEHgov Public Scholar; Author: Czesław Miłosz: A California Life; Evolution of Desire: A Life of René Girard. @nytimesbooks @theTLS @thenation @vqr @WSJBooks
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2 weeks ago |
bookhaven.stanford.edu | Cynthia Haven
Today is Nobel poet Joseph Brodsky’s 85th birthday. What better way to celebrate than by celebrating the books that have celebrated him. One is by my humble self, the book by Ellendea Proffer, who with her husband, the late Carl Proffer, brought the future Nobel poet to AmericaOh, there’s another good way to celebrate, perhaps the best: return to his books, essay, and lectures. Meanwhile, three of the books. See more here. Many thanks to Vladimir Maksakov for compiling a list.
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4 weeks ago |
bookhaven.stanford.edu | Cynthia Haven
Stanford English Professor Shelley Fisher Fishkin has written lots about Mark Twain, and the Book Haven has written about it here and here and here, among other places. She’s just published a new book – and we mean new, only a few weeks out with Yale University Press: Jim: The Life and Afterlives of Huckleberry Finn’s Comrade. Her birthday was celebrated today with a party with her husband Prof. Prof. James Fishkin, a Stanford politics and communications scholar.
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1 month ago |
cynthialhaven.substack.com | Cynthia Haven
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2 months ago |
wisdomofcrowds.live | Leo Strauss |Cynthia Haven
Welcome to CrowdSource, your weekly guided tour of the latest intellectual disputes, ideological disagreements, and national debates that piqued our interest (or inflamed our passions). This week: the nihilism(s) of our time. Join us! CrowdSource features the best comments from The Crowd — our cherished readers and subscribers who, with their comments and emails, help make Wisdom of Crowds what it is.
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2 months ago |
cynthialhaven.substack.com | Cynthia Haven
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