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Still Desperately Seeking Susan Sontag

Sizing Her Up

She spent her life provoking people from all corners of life, and if we remember her most for the early essays, and even if her novels and movies were dreck, she was still our last public intellectual.

Allen Barra

Published Sep. 26 2014 5:45AM EDT

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Allen Barra

Allen Barra

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