Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Barbara Ehrenreich

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

    Barbara Ehrenreich

    I was going to add "RIP" but she would probably scoff at the sentiment. She died a few days ago.

    Many years ago, when I got news from Time instead of Google, I would turn to the brief essay in the magazine and hope it was Ehrenreich that week. This AP report refers to her "accessible prose style", and I don't think there were many better at it than her. At some level I still use her writing as a personal yardstick for reading Op-Eds: would this column pass the "Ehrenreich" test? (the answer is usually "no").

    "Nickel and Dimed" is also a useful rejoinder to comforting nostalgia: yes, there was a time before Trump and even Dubya, and it might have been better but it really wasn't all that.

    https://apnews.com/article/obituarie...ff55441902017e

    #2
    One of the most important USian writers of the last 30 years and a tremendous loss.

    RIP

    Comment


      #3
      Indeed, a great loss. Her Dancing in the Streets is wonderful. She wrote a regular Guardian column for many years and was easily the best columnist on the paper.

      Comment


        #4
        She has some bargains on Kindle. Fear of Falling $2.99, essays $3.99. I think she captures how much of US culture is irrational.

        Comment


          #5
          Smile or Die and Blood Rites were wonderful necessary books. RIP.

          Comment

          Working...
          X