The Nation, June 7th, 1993
Irving Howe was one of the last and one of the best of that remarkable group of high-scoring point-makers who have come to be known as the New York Intellectuals. Coming to New York in 1960 when most of them were at the height of their prowess and influence, I happened to be in a good spot--on the bench, so to speak--to watch them play their respective positions, to see the connections and disconnections between their performances and their characters, and, as time went on, to scrimmage against them.
It was not the elating experience I had anticipated. The New York Intellectuals by and larg...
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