Recessional : the death of free speech and the cost of a free lunch /

Exposing how oppressive cultural codes--encapsulated in buzzwords such as inclusion, diversity, social justice, appropriation--are constricting the vibrant intellectual life of the world's freest country, a renowned author and playwright examines how politics and cultural attitudes about rebell...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mamet, David (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Broadside Books, [2022]
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • The fountain pen
  • Cause and effect
  • Reds, pinks, and Goo-Goos
  • What's in a name
  • Pippa passes
  • King Kong
  • Some (mainly) musical revelations
  • Two hangings
  • Various discoveries
  • Farther along; or, The accident chain
  • On the passivity of Jews
  • Bruno Bettelheim and the broke-down cowboy: two American stories
  • Attention must be paid
  • Experts and oligarchs
  • Slave lessons
  • Belinda Raguesto returns from Switzerland
  • Hamlet and Oedipus meet the zombies
  • A message from Schpershevski
  • Chelm; or, No arrest for the wicked
  • Some linguistic curiosities
  • The Nazis got your mom
  • Demotic, a confession
  • Grief and wisdom
  • Time travel
  • Moby Dick
  • Real live
  • Rainy day fun for shut-ins: Xmas 2020
  • Give my regrets to Broadway
  • Broadway
  • Gags
  • Humility
  • Max the hamster
  • Disons le mot
  • Art, time, and the madness of the old
  • Tug-of-peace
  • The awl through the ear
  • Goodnight, Irene
  • Recessional.