{"product_id":"liberties-journal-of-culture-and-politics-volume-i-issue-4-paperback","title":"Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics: Volume I, Issue 4 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeon Wieseltier\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCeleste Marcus\u003c\/b\u003e (Managing Editor), \u003cb\u003eElliot Ackerman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"A Meteor of Intelligent Substance\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Something was Missing in our Culture, and Here It Is\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiberties - A Journal of Culture and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e features new essays and poetry from some of the world's best writers and artists to inspire and impact the intellectual and creative lifeblood of our current culture and today's politics.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This summer issue of \u003ci\u003eLiberties\u003c\/i\u003e includes: Elliot Ackerman on Veterans Are Not Victims; Durs Grünbein on Fascism and the Writer; R.B. Kitaj's Three Tales; Thomas Chatterton Williams on The Blessings of Assimilation; Anita Shapira on The Fall of Israel's House of Labor; Sally Satel on Woke Medicine; Matthew Stephenson On Corruption's Honey and Poison; Helen Vender on Wallace Stevens; David Haziza on Illusions of Immunity; Paul Berman on the Library of America; Clara Collier's nostalgia for strong women in film; Michael Kimmage on American Inquisitions; Leon Wieseltier (editor) on the high price of Stoicism; Celeste Marcus (managing editor) on a Native American Tragedy; and new poetry from Adam Zagajewski, A.E. Stallings, and Peg Boyers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeon Wieseltier is the editor of \u003ci\u003eLiberties\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Celeste Marcus is the managing editor of \u003ci\u003eLiberties\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Elliot Ackerman is a writer and former Marine and the author most recently, with Admiral James Stavridis, of \u003ci\u003e2034, A Novel of the Next World War\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Durs Grünbein is a German poet and essayist. His most recent book of poems is \u003ci\u003ePorcelain: Poem on the Downfall of My City\u003c\/i\u003e. This essay was translated by Karen Leeder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Thomas Chatterton Williams is the author most recently of \u003ci\u003eSelf Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Anita Shapira is an Israeli historian. She is the author, among other books, of \u003ci\u003eBen Gurion: Father of Modern Israel\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIsrael: A History\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Adam Zagajewski, who died in Krakow in April 2021, was a Polish poet and essayist. His most recent book of poetry in English is \u003ci\u003eAsymmetry\u003c\/i\u003e. The poems in this issue were translated by Clare Cavanagh. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sally Satel is a visiting professor of psychiatry at Columbia University's Irving Medical Center. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e R.B. Kitaj, the American painter, died in 2007. His autobiography, \u003ci\u003eConfessions of an Old Jewish Painter\u003c\/i\u003e, was posthumously published in 2017. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Matthew Stephenson is the Eli Goldston Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Helen Vendler is the author, among many other books, of \u003ci\u003eWallace Stevens: Words Chosen Out of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e David Haziza is a French writer and the author of a translation and commentary on the \u003ci\u003eSong of Songs\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A.E. 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