Book

The Romance of American Communism

Vivian Gornick

1977

Associated Ideas, People, and Places

Longread

The Inner Life of American Communism

Vivian Gornick’s and Jodi Dean’s books mine a lost history of comradeship, determination, and intimacy.

by Corey Robin via The Nation
This publication restricts nonsubscriber access to some or all of its articles.
on May 5, 2020
Book Review

Bad Romance

The afterlife of Vivian Gornick's "The Romance of American Communism" shows that we bear the weight of dead generations—and sometimes living ones, too.

by Alyssa Battistoni via Dissent on April 13, 2020
First Person

What Endures of the Romance of American Communism

Many Communists who felt destined for a life of radicalism experienced their lives as irradiated by a kind of expressiveness that made them feel centered.

by Vivian Gornick via New York Review of Books
This publication restricts nonsubscriber access to some or all of its articles.
on April 3, 2020

brought to you by

© Bunk History