"The Origins of Totalitarianism" has much to say about a world of rising authoritarianism.

The debate over Proust’s relation to his Jewish identity ultimately turns not just on his personal attachments but on how he represents Jewish characters in his novel.

“Anyone who writes is a seeker. You look at a blank page and you’re seeking. That role is assigned to us and never removed.”

‘I offered you my hand, which you licked. / It was cleaner then / than it had ever been before.’ Poetry by Isabelle Baafi.