For the Republic: Political Essays - Softcover

Scialabba, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0983197598 ISBN 13: 9780983197591

Publisher: Pressed Wafer, 2013

Synopsis

Literary Nonfiction. Politcal Science. Whether or not there are public intellectuals practicing in the USA has been much debated. No one debates that George Scialabba is the most prominent because the most intelligent free-range intellectual in America. His reach is broad, his grasp is passionate and firm and his prose is clear as the bell he rings for democracy.

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About the Author:

George Scialabba was born (1948) and raised in East Boston, MA, and attended Harvard (AB, 1969) and Columbia (MA, 1972). He has been a social worker (Mass. Dept. of Public Welfare, 1974-80), a clerical worker (Harvard University, 1980 to the present), a faculty member of the Bennington Graduate Writing Seminars (2007-8), and a freelance book critic. His column, "New Thinking," appears bimonthly in the Boston Globe book section. In 1991 he was awarded the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing of the National Book Critics Circle. He is the author of FOR THE REPUBLIC: POLITICAL ESSAYS (Pressed Wafer, 2013), THE MODERN PREDICAMENT (Pressed Wafer, 2011), the widely hailed WHAT ARE INTELLECTUALS GOOD FOR? (Pressed Wafer, 2009), and Divided Mind (Arrowsmith Press, 2006).

About this edition

• Publisher: Pressed Wafer
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0983197598
• ISBN 13: 9780983197591
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256