Arts & Letters Daily (17 Oct 2011):
Anarchism in action. The intellectual origins of Occupy Wall Street aren’t in Cambridge or Morningside Heights. They’re in Madagascar… more
Ben Jonson, Britain’s first literary celebrity, was a bruiser, intellectually and physically. It surprised no one that he stabbed a man to death… more
The 19th-century social network. To enjoy the crowd, Baudelaire told us, one must have masks. His love of observing was at war with his fear of being seen… more