Archive - CHRISTIAN LORENTZEN'S DIARY

THE TRUMP ERA IS OVER

And it was pointless

Sep 11 •

Christian Lorentzen

PODCAST APPEARANCE

I went on Daniel Oppenheimer’s podcast Eminent Americans to discuss my essay from the summer issue of Granta. I was recording via Zoom from Prizren…

Sep 10 •

Christian Lorentzen

NOT A TOUGH CROWD

Letter from Chicago

Sep 2 •

Christian Lorentzen

August 2024

BY THE LEFT MARCH

The revival of economic populism in the Democratic Party

Aug 21 •

Christian Lorentzen

LETTER OF SELF-DEFENESTRATION

There is no ‘world literature’, there are only writers in zones of time and space

Aug 10 •

Christian Lorentzen

July 2024

ON BEING MUGGED

Robbing season on the French Riviera

Jul 29 •

Christian Lorentzen

IN MEMORY OF LEWIS LAPHAM

I was writing down memories of Lewis Lapham, one of my heroes and one of my first bosses in the magazine game, on Thursday when the Washington Post…

Jul 27 •

Christian Lorentzen

CODA TO A TRILOGY ON THE BIDENS

On 'sacrifices' and acts of love

Jul 26 •

Christian Lorentzen

LITERATURE WITHOUT LITERATURE

A new essay in 'Granta'

Jul 18 •

Christian Lorentzen

MILWAUKEE MEMORIES

Notes from Wisconsin, 2016

Jul 17 •

Christian Lorentzen

January 2024

WHY IS THERE NO LITERARY ‘BRAT PACK’ TODAY?

Suspects include elite anti-intellectualism, the corporate fear of art, and the failure to clone Sally Rooney

Jan 3 •

Christian Lorentzen

December 2023

THE GENIUS OF ‘THE SWEET EAST’

A road picture for the 21st century

Dec 5, 2023 •

Christian Lorentzen

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