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February 1, 2001April 21, 2022Cultural Revolutions

Raised Among the Elite

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How did Al Gore blow it? He had everything going for him. He was the heir to one of the most successful administrations in American history. The length and extent of our prosperity were unprecedented. Our position in the world had never been higher. All agreed, with polls to back them up, that if the...

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May 1, 1991April 21, 2022Vital Signs

Poetry and Madness

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Some months ago a psychiatrist in control of a well-funded foundation, who was, as he supposed, investigating the subject, wrote me, soliciting my opinions about the relationship between “creativity” and “mental illness.” I felt nettled and helpless. I avoid using such terms, whenever possible. Like most writers, I suspect, when I compose a poem, a...