{"product_id":"liberties-journal-of-culture-politics-winter-2026-paperback","title":"Liberties Journal of Culture \u0026 Politics: Winter 2026 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Baude\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAbbas Milani\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSusie Linfield\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiberties\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a quarterly journal of serious, stylish, and controversial essays on culture and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Winter 2026 issue: \u003cb\u003e William Baude\u003c\/b\u003e on who is the greatest constitutional authority in the land?; \u003cb\u003eAbbas Milani\u003c\/b\u003e, Ali Khamenei: a profile in dogma; \u003cb\u003eSusie Linfield\u003c\/b\u003e on the politics of the hardened heart: the Left since October 7; \u003cb\u003eJames Wolcott\u003c\/b\u003e on the very golden age of Donald Trump; \u003cb\u003eHamze Awawde\u003c\/b\u003e, a Palestinian's plea for Zionism; \u003cb\u003eSheila O'Malley\u003c\/b\u003e on an argument for tactility; \u003cb\u003eJulia Kieserman\u003c\/b\u003e, what on earth really happens in the cloud?; \u003cb\u003eAgnes Callard\u003c\/b\u003e on the moral dimension of leisure; \u003cb\u003eMelanie W. Sisson\u003c\/b\u003e on the new grounds for nuclear fear; \u003cb\u003eEvan Parks\u003c\/b\u003e on poems, protests, and the crisis in higher education; \u003cb\u003eAndrew Butterfield\u003c\/b\u003e on good governance in Renaissance art; \u003cb\u003eMark Edmundson\u003c\/b\u003e, Robert Frost may have the cure for what ails us; \u003cb\u003eSteve Wasserman\u003c\/b\u003e on the rise and fall and rise of American publishing; \u003cb\u003eYahia Lababidi\u003c\/b\u003e, the poet as seer: Milosz and Merton; \u003cb\u003eConstantin Waldschmidt\u003c\/b\u003e, when Freud and Rilke went for a walk; \u003cb\u003eMorten H i Jensen\u003c\/b\u003e on a Mann of the middle class; \u003cb\u003eCeleste Marcus\u003c\/b\u003e, \"I Am Trying To Live A Life I Do Not Understand\"; and \u003cb\u003eLeon Wieseltier\u003c\/b\u003e on the big beautiful mess of the past, the present, and the future. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso including poems by \u003cb\u003eRosanna Warren\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eHaris Vlavianos\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eAmir Gilboa\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiberties\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e features essays from leading scholars, award-winning writers, the next generation's rising talent, and poets from around the world -- there's a reason why cultural warriors, political leaders, opinion makers, and engaged citizens from across the political and cultural spectrum read and cherish \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiberties\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Baude\u003c\/b\u003e is the Harry Kalven Jr. Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School and the director of its Constitutional Law Institute.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbbas Milani\u003c\/b\u003e is the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Director of the Iranian Studies program at Stanford University and the author of many books on Iran.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusie Linfield\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor in the department of journalism at New York University and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lion's Den: Zionism and the Left from Hannah Arendt to Noam Chomsky\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Wolcott\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eCritical Mass: Four Decades of Essays, Reviews, Hand Grenades and Hurrahs\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHamze Awawde\u003c\/b\u003e is an activist and writer from the West Bank. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSheila O'Malley\u003c\/b\u003e is a film critic who writes regularly for \u003ci\u003eLiberties\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRoger Ebert\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eCriterion Collection\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia Kieserman\u003c\/b\u003e is a doctoral student at New York University. She writes about security and privacy issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAgnes Callard\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago and the author most recently of \u003ci\u003eOpen Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRosanna Warren\u003c\/b\u003e's most recent collection of poetry is \u003ci\u003eHindsight\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelanie W. 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