Dan had the opportunity to study under some of the greatest teachers/writers/critics of the 20th century, including Lionel Trilling and Mark Van Doren. Rabbi Harold Kushner was also there. He also lived in New York at the height of the popularity of Freudian analysis. In this episode, he talks about the people he knew at Columbia, his work with C. Wright Mills, how analysis almost killed him, and about the importance of pure will in a writer’s life and work.
Episode Ten: Profiles
Episode Nine: Poetry
Episode Eight: Hollywood and James at 15
Episode Seven: 'LA Woman' Eve Babitz
Episode Six: Civil Rights Reporting (Journalist)
Episode Five: The Man From Occupied Territory (Israel)
Episode Three: Emmett Till Trial and C. Wright Mills
Episode Two: Kurt Vonnegut
Episode One: Old White Guy Gets Woke
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