2. Like his alter-ego Sideshow Bob, Wieseltier is a figure of tragic nobility:https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/533484524437381122 …
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2. Like his alter-ego Sideshow Bob, Wieseltier is a figure of tragic nobility:https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/533484524437381122 …
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3. LW's nobility is in performance of task of editing, a self-sacrificing profession where you devote yourself to improving other writers
4. Of of the strengths of LW's book section was he could tap fairly abtruse academic writers but re-direct their prose to wider audience
5. Protip for anyone studying American history or political theory at graduate level: TNR reviews are great for preparing for the comps.
6. LW's reflexively contrarian stance (in keeping with TNR as a whole) was both strength and weakness of his editing.
7. N+1 magazine accused LW of using his reviewers as "designated haters" -- a fair charge. LR liked take-downs of big reputations.
8. Hiring James Wood as the regular fiction critic was perhaps the peak of LW's contrarian streak since Wood is so good at debunking
9. What's interesting about TNR hit jobs is they are valuable even if you don't agree with them.
10. I'm thinking here of review TNR ran of Peter Novick's great "The Holocaust in American Life" -- a book a very much admire.
11. TNR review (I think by David Bell) was pretty dismissive of Novick, which didn't change my mind but did make me think more about book.
12. True also of Wood's reviews of Updike, Toni Morrison, etc. I rarely agreed with Wood's judgement but he helped read more fiercely.
13. Tragedy of Wieseltier is perhaps that he never got to be edited by Leon Wieseltier. His own prose runs towards self-indulgence.
14. In conclusion, even in bleakest years of TNR (under Sullivan and Kelly) when I could barely stand magazine, I would look at reviews.
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