Letters of Recommendation

A look at Hannah Arendt's letters of recommendation

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 recommendation for Susan Sontag who, after all, has done enough to prove her worthiness of support by the Rockefeller Foundation. This is simply to assure you that …