Art and Individuality in “The End Of The World is a Cul de Sac” – Chicago Review of Books

Art and Individuality in “The End Of The World is a Cul de Sac” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] What do we ask of art? How, indeed, can we know what it is? On this, the philosophers tend to disagree. At some level, we know it when we see it, as the Supreme Court once said about some other hard-to-define thing. In the twenty-first century, it is probably the most politic to say … Read more

Reflections on Democracy and Individuality in “Playlist for the Apocalypse” – Chicago Review of Books

Reflections on Democracy and Individuality in “Playlist for the Apocalypse” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove returns after twelve years with an exquisite new poetry collection, Playlist for the Apocalypse. Her poems magnify the marginalized individual, simultaneously illuminating national and global failed attempts at democracy. As always, her words are raw, poignant, and accessible. The opening segment, “After Egypt,” came … Read more