Lee Siegel Quotes


The terrorist threat is so cloudy, faceless, and vague, so manipulable by political purposes, so definitely present but indefinitely manifested, that it sometimes feels interchangeable with everyday dread itself.


Citations

Siegel, Lee. Falling Upwards: Essays in Defense of the Imagination. Basic Books, 2006.

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  • Born: December 5, 1957
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Writer

Lee Siegel (born 1957) is an American writer and cultural critic who has written for Harper's, The Nation, The New Republic, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, and other publications. He is the author of seven books of nonfiction and has received a National Magazine Award.