Books Book Review: ‘A Dead White,’ by Wendy S. Walters
A meandering manifesto illustrates the challenges of building cultural criticism on big reading and decadent contrariness.
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· October 15, 2026 · 1 min read
This article was originally published by
NY Times Books
and is republished here under license.
A meandering manifesto illustrates the challenges of building cultural criticism on big reading and decadent contrariness.
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