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Damon Young reflects on “Serious Conversations About Racism”; Patricia Lockwood’s coronavirus diary
... centering and elevating the work of writers who are grounding us and giving us the gift of their words.” Pete Buttigieg has sold his book Trust: America’s Best Choice to Norton’s Liveright imprint. The...
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Norm Corps
... Barack Obama, or his successor in the 2020 Democratic field, Pete Buttigieg. The results are “policies that are more arbitrary and opaque and unstable and subject to sudden reversals than legislation...
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Socialism Butterfly
... Brett Kavanaugh’s 2018 Supreme Court confirmation hearings or a Pete Buttigieg broadside of similar length. You also get takes on whatever else Robinson feels like writing about that day, such as a...
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Alexander Zevin discusses the history of liberalism
... Warren but one of her biggest rivals: “Conversations with Pete Buttigieg were invaluable , and this book wouldn...
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The New Republic Retracts Buttigieg Story
... Self-styled “hatchet man” Dale Peck wrote a scathing and personal takedown of Pete Buttigieg’s presidential candidacy at the New Republic on Friday. After an outcry from readers, the story was...
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Jeanette Winterson’s Modern-Day "Frankenstein"; Herman Wouk (1915–2019)
...-contributors-are-reading-this-spring/>) this Spring. (Speaking of book recommendations, presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg continues to mention his favorite book, James Joyce’s Ulysses, saying: “It...
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Kate Zambreno on writing and motherhood; Why presidential candidates love quoting James Joyce
... Joyce may not seem like the canniest move,” writes Kevin Dettmar of Beto O’Rourke, Pete Buttigieg, and Joe Biden...
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Speculating about the Pulitzers; Why running for president is like "Ulysses"
... Morrison. “So it’s not only her intelligence, which is extreme.” Pete Buttigieg—the South Bend, Indiana, mayor and now a Democratic presidential candidate—explains why running for president is like...