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  • Susan Sontag in the atrium of Mills Hotel for a Symposium on Sex, New York City, Dec. 2, 1962.(Fred W. McDarrah/Getty Images)
    Susan Sontag in the atrium of Mills Hotel for a Symposium on Sex, New York City, Dec. 2, 1962.(Fred W. McDarrah/Getty Images)
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    Susan Sontag Tells All

    The newly published second volume of the great critic’s journals reveals her transformation from hedonistic revolutionary to elitist enforcer

    byAdam Kirsch
  • Susan Sontag, 1979.(Sophie Bassouls/Sygma/Corbis)
    Susan Sontag, 1979.(Sophie Bassouls/Sygma/Corbis)
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    Role Model

    Sigrid Nunez’s memoir of Susan Sontag in the 1970s shows the polarizing thinker in a rarely seen light—as mentor, hero, and muse

    byRachel Shteir
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    President Barack Obama earlier today.(Yuri Gripas/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Sundown: Does White House Back Int’l Probe?

    Plus the real Palestinian world, and more

    byMarc Tracy
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