Status Updates From Comforting Myths: Concernin...

Went to library before it closed to return unread books, and on a whim, did quick scan of 811s and surrounding NR stacks when his one caught my eye. In 100+ degree heat I then walked to a local grocery and then another all the while entranced by this gem. Not read RA before but the man is a smooth writer that has me rethinking how art intersects politics in the US.

Conrad did not create the original mold for this kind of writing—from Homer to Shakespeare to Kipling, many have done it—but he became the standard because he was so good. We invade your countries, destroy your economies, demolish your infrastructures, murder hundreds of thousands of your citizens, and a decade or so later we write beautifully restrained novels about how killing you made us cry.