Author: Richard Kostelanetz
Richard Kostelanetz is a noted critic and author based in New York City. His Political Essays (Autonmedia) is dedicated to the memory of George Orwell.
Edward Said Remembered
The Style of Intellectual Celebrity No matter what one thought of the late Edward Said’s politics or the question of fibs in his autobiography, the Columbia literature professor became an intellectual celebrity. He was a chaired academic who exploited his minority moniker, in his case Arab American, to command larger stages than his classrooms, much …