Rick Perlstein
Baffler Buddies Frank, Perlstein, Vanderbilt, and Weiland Write Books, Make It Interesting; Steaks at Stake
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It could be a movie: After years of struggle, four writers, close friends and allies from their days working together in the early '90s on a small but highly influential magazine of politics and culture, are all suddenly enjoying varying degrees of success in the world of American letters. Matt is an editor at The Paris Review. Rick is a historian. The other two are both named Tom: one of them is a magazine journalist and the other writes a column for the Wall Street Journal. Each of them has written a book, and against all odds they are being published mere weeks apart. read more »
When Intellectuals Had a Real Magazine: Viva Lingua Franca!
The September 2001 issue of Lingua Franca.
Time to rewrite the history of contemporary journalism? read more »
Lamentations, Poor Lingua Franca, An Orphan of the Academic Storm
It was a wake, yes, but it looked like a terrific party as well: a gathering of scores of writers an read more »
Goldwater the Refusenik: A Different Kind of Republican
Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus , by Rick Perlstein. read more »
