By: Joshua Glenn

“‘Grow up!’ — that is the motto of Highbrow.”

By: Joshua Glenn

A 1997 discourse on the lower and higher absurdities.

By: Franklin Bruno

Recalling SUSAN SONTAG (1933-2004) as “a leading public intellectual” — a category she did not invent, but perhaps perfected — is no substitute for rereading the early, electrifying essays collected in Against Interpretation and Styles […]

By: Joshua Glenn

Those born from 1924-33 are nearly impervious to Middlebrow’s discourse.

By: Matthew Battles

Susan Sontag pays a visit to the Seagram Building (“gleaming like a switchblade”) to interview architect Philip Johnson. Embedded here with thanks to Joanne McNeil, who posted this at her terrific blog Tomorrow Museum. Sontag’s […]