Liberties – A Journal of Culture and Politics features original essays and poetry from some of today’s best writers and artists to inspire and impact the intellectual and creative lifeblood of culture and politics.

This issue of Liberties includes: 





Anthony Julius on censorship of the arts
Nicholas Lemann on rescuing capitalism
Alfred Brendel on playing Beethoven
Paul Berman on the George Floyd uprising
Fouad Ajami’s story of an honor killing
Jack Goldsmith on conservatives and the courts
Edward Luttwak on understanding China
Roberto Calasso on when journals mattered
Walter Scheidel on life after covid
Helen Vendler on the poet Robert Hayden
Robert Alter on Lolita today
Daryl Michael Scott on the 13th Amendment 
Alastair Macaulay on Balanchine
David Greenberg on renaming our heritage
New poetry from Jorie Graham, Ishion Hutchinson, and Rosanna Warren; 
And Leon Wieseltier (editor) and Celeste Marcus (managing editor)

Managing editor: Celeste Marcus