{"product_id":"liberties-journal-of-culture-politics-summer-2026-paperback-2","title":"Liberties Journal of Culture \u0026 Politics: Summer 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\u003eSean Wilentz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndrew Delbanco\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLewis Hyde\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiberties\u003c\/i\u003e features the world's sharpest minds for readers who are determined to stay curious. The result is a collection of writing about today worth rereading tomorrow.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Summer 2026 issue will be a special edition, with a nod to America's Semiquincentennial. \u003ci\u003eLiberties\u003c\/i\u003e writers will examine 250 years of culture and politics in the United States and the issue will feature a diverse selection of American poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this issue of \u003ci\u003eLiberties\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003eSean Wilentz\u003c\/b\u003e exposes the Trumpian distortions of the American past; \u003cb\u003eAndrew Delbanco\u003c\/b\u003e on the tribulations of the American university; \u003cb\u003eLewis Hyde\u003c\/b\u003e explains what American history teaches about ICE; \u003cb\u003eArmando Chaguaceda\u003c\/b\u003e presents the creed of a Cuban dissident; \u003cb\u003eMeg Vlaun\u003c\/b\u003e on retreating to the mountains; \u003cb\u003eRoxana Saberi\u003c\/b\u003e interviews riot police on the streets of Iran; \u003cb\u003eIhab Hassan\u003c\/b\u003e a Palestinian's indictment of Hamas; \u003cb\u003eCarissa Véliz\u003c\/b\u003e a non-Luddite tribute to an analog existence; \u003cb\u003eMichael C. Kimmage\u003c\/b\u003e Melville's oceanic parable of democratic citizenship; \u003cb\u003eArash Azizi\u003c\/b\u003e the patriotism of a progressive; \u003cb\u003eMark Lilla\u003c\/b\u003e on the unbeautiful nature of politics; \u003cb\u003eRobert Alter\u003c\/b\u003e on how the Bible does a lot with a little; \u003cb\u003eLen Gutkin\u003c\/b\u003e on the persistence of the political in the reading of literature; \u003cb\u003eKai Sina\u003c\/b\u003e the strenuous liberalism and Zionism of Thomas Mann; \u003cb\u003eNadia Jamil\u003c\/b\u003e Mahmoud Darwish's poetry of empathy; \u003cb\u003eTamar Glezerman\u003c\/b\u003e on mourning far away from home; \u003cb\u003eAni Chkhikvadze\u003c\/b\u003e discovers the occult in the nation's capital; \u003cb\u003eCeleste Marcus\u003c\/b\u003e on rape in polite society; and \u003cb\u003eLeon Wieseltier\u003c\/b\u003e the meanings of patriotism in our semiquincentennial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe issue also include a selection of American poetry spanning \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Franklin\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ePhilip Freneau\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eCarrie Williams Clifford\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eFrances Harper\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJohn Greenleaf Whittier\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eHerman Melville\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ePhoebe Cary\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eRalph Waldo Emerson\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eAmbrose Bierce\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eEmma Lazarus\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eWalt Whitman\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eStephen Crane\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiberties\u003c\/i\u003e is the premier journal of culture and politics that also publishes new works online weekly and hosts lively events dedicated to thinking carefully about art and ideas. United only by a commitment to advancing the humanities and the democratic process, \u003ci\u003eLiberties\u003c\/i\u003e provides serious ideas and beautiful writing for readers who demand both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSEAN WILENTZ\u003c\/b\u003e is the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University and the author most recently of \u003ci\u003eNo Property in Man: Slavery and Antislavery at the Nation's Founding\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eANDREW DELBANCO\u003c\/b\u003e is Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies at Columbia and President of the Teagle Foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLEWIS HYDE\u003c\/b\u003e's latest book is \u003ci\u003eA Primer for Forgetting: Getting Past the Past\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eROXANA SABERI\u003c\/b\u003e is a correspondent for CBS News. In 2009 she was held prisoner in Iran's Evan Prison for 101 days under accusation of espionage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eARMANDO CHAGUACEDA\u003c\/b\u003e is a political Scientist and historian. He is currently Karl Loewenstein Fellow and Visiting Professor of Political Science at Amherst College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMEG VLAUN\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer who lives in a log cabin in rural North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIHAB HASSAN \u003c\/b\u003eis a Palestinian writer, researcher, and activist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCARISSA VÉLIZ\u003c\/b\u003e is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy and the Institute for Ethics in AI, as well as a Tutorial Fellow at Hertford College, at the University of Oxford. Her most recent book is \u003ci\u003eProphecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMICHAEL C. KIMMAGE\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history at the Catholic University of America and the author most recently of \u003ci\u003eCollisions: The War in Ukraine and the Origins of the New Global Instability\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eARASH AZIZI\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and a lecturer at Yale University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhat Iranians Want: Women, Life, Freedom \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eShadow Commander: Soleimani, the US and Iran's Global Ambitions\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARK LILLA\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Humanities at Columbia University. He is the author most recently of \u003ci\u003eIgnorance and Bliss: On Wanting Not to Know\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eROBERT ALTER\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many literary studies and professor emeritus of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at University of California at Berkeley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLEN GUTKIN\u003c\/b\u003e is Editor at the \u003ci\u003eChronicle Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKAI SINA\u003c\/b\u003e holds the Lichtenberg Professorship for Modern German Literary Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Münster and leads the Thomas Mann Research Center.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTAMAR GLEZERMAN\u003c\/b\u003e is an Israeli writer, director, and editor living and working in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNADIA JAMIL\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior researcher in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oxford. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eANI CHKHIKVADZE\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist focused on international politics, security, and American foreign policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCELESTE MARCUS\u003c\/b\u003e is the executive editor of Liberties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLEON WIESELTIER\u003c\/b\u003e is the editor of Liberties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 04, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46729819160773,"sku":"9798992201031","price":26.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/DpRyzX94l49798992201031_4294fda6-ef74-43eb-b89a-d2f1dd987f5a.webp?v=1786762714","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/liberties-journal-of-culture-politics-summer-2026-paperback-2","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}