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Claude McKay’s Fiction, Ross Douthat, and More

Claude McKay’s Fiction, Ross Douthat, and More

Douthat is liberal America’s favorite conservative.

Sep 12, 2023
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Ross Douthat, liberal America’s favorite conservative, makes reactionary views seem slightly ironic, and, thus, palatable... more »

For W. E. B. Du Bois, Claude McKay’s fiction was "filth" and made him feel like taking a bath. Now a McKay renaissance is afoot... more »

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