I took a good look at the work of Susan Sontag a few years ago, and an imaginary camaraderie remains between us. If an author is intriguing beyond their work, I like to read about their lives. A year ago, I read a book at the downtown library on Susan. It was poorly written but [...]
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In Praise of the Almost Famous Man, Parts Three and Four
This is the final installment of Danny Marroquin’s analysis of James Agee’s Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. See his introduction here, and Parts One and Two here. – Liz
In Praise of the Almost Famous Man
This is the first long piece in a series of variously-sized literary analyses from the lofty thinker and talented writer Danny Marroquin on James Agee and Walker Evans’s Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Since it goes into such exquisite depth, we are spreading the piece out over several pages. We orginally spread it out [...]
In Praise of the Almost Famous Man, Parts One and Two
This is the continuation of Danny Marroquin’s analysis of James Agee’s Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. See his introduction here, and Tune In tomorrow for the final installment. – Liz
In Praise of the Almost Famous Man
This is the first long piece in a series of variously-sized literary analyses from the lofty thinker and talented writer Danny Marroquin on James Agee and Walker Evans’s Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Since it goes into such exquisite depth, we are spreading this particular piece out over the course of a few days. [...]
