tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post859529821941650959..comments2024-03-20T06:55:57.193-07:00Comments on Born to Blog by Beth Kaplan: Hannah Arendt on Trump votersbethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09122791819498272634noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post-65225298970622613582016-12-23T20:22:10.591-08:002016-12-23T20:22:10.591-08:00Sounds wonderful - I'll look for these letters...Sounds wonderful - I'll look for these letters. When I hear Mary McCarthy's name, I always think first of what she said about Lillian Hellman - that every word she wrote was a lie, including "a" and "the." Now that's a feud. bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09122791819498272634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post-66825213449512472202016-12-23T19:14:50.776-08:002016-12-23T19:14:50.776-08:00I recently read the letters between Mary McCarthy ...I recently read the letters between Mary McCarthy and Hannah Arendt, a wonderful correspondence about friendship, love, politics, writing...They shared a rigorous and vigorous (if those are spelled correctly? I want to use more "u"s) sense of idea, engagement, clarity. I find myself longing for letters, shared experience, dignity, respectful disagreement (because they didn't always agree!). No bombast or name-calling. Sigh.theresahttp://www.theresakishkan.comnoreply@blogger.com