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Letters of Recommendation

Letters of Recommendation

A look at Hannah Arendt's letters of recommendation

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Sep 10, 2021
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Dear Reader,

One of my favorite artifacts in Hannah Arendt’s archive is a letter of recommendation she wrote for Susan Sontag.

Dear Mr. Novak:

I’m somehow embarrassed to write a letter of recommen…

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