Adam Kirsch

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His Benjamin Disraeli is an expert, emotionally astute study of the complicated Jewish-English statesman and novelist, and The Wounded Surgeon and The Modern Element, his two books on English-language poets, rise to Dr. Johnson's criterion for lasting criticism: the conversion of mere opinion into universal knowledge. In Why Trilling Matters, Kirsch has turned his considerable gifts to the mind he most resembles in comprehensive literary and cultural understanding. [15]

Kirsch also generated controversy when writing an article for the Wall Street Journal titled "Is It Time To Retire the Term 'Genocide'?" in 2023 in response to the Israel-Palestine Conflict. [ citation needed ]

Kirsch's 2024 book On Settler Colonialism was published in the midst of the Gaza war, during which the use of the term Settler Colonialism surged, mainly in academic circles. [16] [17] The book noted that the vast majority of early Zionists came to Israel as refugees; Israelis have nowhere to return to, unlike settler colonialists such as the French in Algeria or Vietnam; and Jews are indigenous to the land of Israel. He pointed out that settler colonialist ideology (SCI) lacks appeal to indigenous peoples, since it does not improve their situation. [18] The book was both praised and criticized in a review published in Kirkus Reviews, which was titled "A rigorous moral reckoning falters by leaving out half of the equation." [19]

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Adam Kirsch
Born
1976 (age 4849)

NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Poet, literary critic
Parent Jonathan Kirsch (father)
Academic background
Alma mater Harvard University (B.A.)

Books

Articles

Book reviews

YearReview articleWork(s) reviewed
1997 "Chekhov in American". Books. The Atlantic Monthly. 280 (1): 110–112. July 1997. Chekhov, Anton (1997). The Plays of Anton Chekhov. A new translation by Paul Schmidt. New York: HarperCollins.
2010 "The Other Secret Jews". The New Republic . New York. 15 February 2010. Archived from the original on 17 February 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2020. Baer, Marc David (2009). The Dönme: Jewish Converts, Muslim Revolutionaries, and Secular Turks. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.

References

  1. "CAS Seminar Faculty » Adam Kirsch". columbia.edu. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  2. Falk, Leah (18 November 2013). "Interview with Adam Kirsch—New York Intellectuals Revisited". yivo.org. YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Davis, Garrick (October 2002). "Adam Kirsch and the Role of the Poet-Critic: An Interview". Contemporary Poetry Review . Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  4. A Poet's Warning (November-December 2007) Archived August 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Critical thinking #1: Adam Kirsch". Prospect (June 2013). 22 May 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  6. 1 2 Prosaic Judgments
  7. "FIRST THINGS: On the Square » Blog Archive » RJN: 2.24.06 Adam Kirsch is books…". Archived from the original on 2008-09-28. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
  8. Chapman, Danielle. "Eight Takes," Poetry Magazine
  9. Lehman, David. "'The Wounded Surgeon': Tradition and Individual Talents," NY Times Book Review. May 29, 2005.
  10. Kakutani, Michiko. "Poets Escaping the Shadows of Greats Who Preceded Them," NY Times Book Review. June 28, 2005.
  11. Tucker, Ken. "The Ties That Bind." NY Times Book Review. December 22, 2002.
  12. Olson, Ray. Booklist. American Library Association. 2005.
  13. 1 2 Starnino, Carmine. "The Plight of the Poet-Critic." Poetry
  14. Hammer, Langdon. "Theory and Practice. The New York Times Book Review. August 29, 2008
  15. Giraldi, William (1 December 2011). "Adam Kirsch's Why Trilling Matters Reminds Us of Power of Reading". The Daily Beast . Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  16. Schuessler, Jennifer (2024-01-22). "What Is 'Settler Colonialism'?". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2025-04-26.
  17. Kirsch, Adam. "Essay | Campus Radicals and Leftist Groups Have Embraced the Idea of 'Settler Colonialism'". WSJ. Retrieved 2025-04-26.
  18. Brook, Joshua A. (2024-06-25). "On Settler Colonialism: Ideology, Violence, and Justice". Fathom. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
  19. ON SETTLER COLONIALISM | Kirkus Reviews.