"THIS WILL BE OUR FINAL VICTORY! This is the slogan under which politicians have always marched while perpetrating their slaughter."
- Isaac Bashevis Singer, "Concerning the Question of Literature and Politics" (1932)
It's not just about right and wrong. It's about realizing that what you don't agree with is no less real than what you believe is true. We have to understand what this proliferation truths means – even if we believe other people's truths are false.
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An essay in the new @SalmagundiMag on the perception of Israel, both inside and outside the country, and how times shift viewpoints without our always realizing it. . .
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In my grad translation seminar, one of our topics is how we talk about translation, how we write about it, and how it is reviewed. Last week we looked at a wide array of reviews, and this insightful piece by @davidscribbler was brought to my attention.
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This piece was written in January and in some senses the war of words has petered out. Scandalizing words are now commonplace. We just shrug our shoulders in defeat. The war of words has degenerated into a war of shrugs.
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We are born into a world that did not develop according to our ideals – leaving us compromised. We cannot "purify" the world without killing. Camus reminds us that pain of both sides existing together makes conflict human.
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Very excited to have released TWO novels by FREDERIC PROKOSCH – both out of print for far too long – this one – THE MISSOLONGHI MANUSCRIPT – with a posthumous afterword by #isaacbashevissingeramazon.com/dp/B0CVQ6JPLH
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