
Review: Ron Chernow's “Mark Twain” Biography

Again, I’m picking on Scott for reasons. The same is true of every other essayist I love. Sam Kriss at his best provides catharsis; at his worst, a sense of jaded superiority. Ted Gioia at his best makes me fall in love with art and music as if for the first time; at his worst, like I’m part of a small culturally-literate elite in a crumbling world... See more
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Under his anger, I can tell Mark’s genuinely hurt. I think he likes and respects Obama. He’s also completely unused to frank criticism from anyone more powerful than him. There are so few who fit that description anyway.