Interchange – Tracking Subversives: Alan Wald On the Development of the Literary Left

Published: Nov. 3, 2015, 11:57 p.m.

According to my guest, Alan Wald, the aim of the literary radical is “to endow history with meaning.” Literary radicalism is less a noun than a verb….It’s a work in progress, an evolving tradition of activism and commitment obsessed with its own identity. Its orders, its achievements, its efficacy.* We track three “subversives” in our …