Adam Kirsch

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  • February 24, 2025
    When Charles de Gaulle published the first volume of his war memoirs, in 1954, it looked like an acknowledgment that he no longer belonged to the present, but to history. His...
  • January 14, 2025
    As the fires in Los Angeles continue to multiply, the closing sentences of Joan Didion’s essay “The Santa Ana” have begun to pop up in news stories and on social...