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...activist background blurs the distinction between poet and speaker, marrying confessional artistry with the unfettered bluntness of an octogenarian. However, it often seems as if Paley’s forthright style ultimately exposes beliefs that may not be particularly interesting, especially those regarding religion or class politics. Any author knows to address these themes with caution, as they are often discussed without reaching a fruitful conclusion, but Paley writes heedless of collective wisdom. In one untitled poem, Paley writes without reservation, “Thank God there is no god / or we’d all be lost...
...author of Scared Of The Kids, a book published in the U.K. in 2001, I am well aware of the concern about young people. A key question that is rarely raised when discussing young people is, What has changed about adults? Rather than asking what has happened to the young, we should be asking why adults have become cowards. Why do those on the left see "having a go" as vigilantism? Why do we rely on the police to deal with young people on the streets, the vast majority of whom are not criminals in any shape or form...
Elie Wiesel Nobel laureate, humanitarian, activist, Holocaust survivor and author of more than 40 books, including Night...
Chris Matthews is host of MSNBC's Hardball and author of the new book Life's a Campaign (Random House...
...Angels in America” author Tony Kushner opened the Tanner Lectures on Human Values last night with a rapid-fire monologue by a character named Tony Kushner—a neurotic writer completely unprepared to give a speech “at—you should pardon the expression—Harvard.” The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright’s apologies drew laughter at every line from a Lowell Lecture Hall audience of more than 250, including University President Drew G. Faust. It was a slyly appropriate opening to a speech entitled “Fiction...