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Blow Me Away, by John Haskell
From Trying to Be, which will be published next month by Fiction Collective Two. At the end of an earlier century, an orator named F. Matthias Alexander codified a way of understanding, or at least thinking about, the body. It’s called the Alexander Technique, and it’s about aligning the body, or realigning it, taking it apart and thinking about how it might fit back together. The problem he found with the body was the way we imagine it.
The attempted takeover of the Library of Congress
On Monday two Justice Department officials tapped by the administration for high level positions at the Library of Congress arrived for work. They were turned away by the Library’s general counsel. The magnitude of this development is just starting to sink in. The New York Times gave it full coverage. The Washington Post’s report was somewhat less complete. And many other outlets, from Rolling Stone to the wire services to the New Republic and so one have put in their two cents.
Alex Da Corte by John Haskell
I met Alex Da Corte in 2023, while we were both living at the American Academy in Rome. One day he asked if I’d like to see a video he made, and sent me a link to Slow Graffiti (2017). Later, while waiting for a bus, I took out my phone and started watching it. And I was stunned—literally. I let the bus pass without getting on, standing there at the edge of Trastevere, watching the video unfold.
John Haskell: "In the Steps of Yvonne Rainer"
John Haskell The stage is bare except for a woman, the floor below her, the air around her, and for the duration of the dance, as she bends an arm or lifts a leg, her body seems to speak to her, or really it’s speaking to itself, telling itself when to turn or jump, and because the woman is attuned to her body, inhabiting a space completely inside her body, although she’s supposed to be expressionless, and she is expressionless, she seems to be having a good time.
Hyperpartisanship, Part II: Immigration and "The Emerging Democratic Majority"
Ruy Teixeira and John Judis published The Emerging Democratic Majority in 2002, which posited that with the increasing population of minorities, single women, and college-educated professionals – all Democratic-leaning or strongly Democratic – the party would in coming years secure durable majority support at the state and federal levels.
Congressional reform without the ideology
Hello everyone – I wrote an article on congressional reform five years ago, and it’s pretty long. And some of it is outdated. Of course you can just, ya know, skip it, or maybe forge ahead to the reform ideas that come toward the end. At the very, very end I make a point which is still valid and perhaps worth re-injecting into the Congress-discussion eco-system. Here is that passage: At the end of the day, even when Congress doesn’t do its job, federal policy is made.
Why Do People Run for Congress?
By John Haskell Members of Congress are on the go full-time and aren’t paid enough to qualify for a home loan within striking distance of the Capitol. So why do they do it? In 1991 Alan Ehrenhalt wrote The United States of Ambition (Crown), a book about the types of people who are drawn to elective office and what that means for our system of government. But he began the book with a story about the striking preponderance of French restaurants in Napa Valley, California.
Cold Comforters and Hot Law: What International Lawyers are Getting Wrong About the Ukraine Conflict
[John D. Haskellis a Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester Law School and Junior Faculty at the Harvard Law School Institute for Global Law and Policy.] These reservations were made by the Finnish diplomat and renowned international law scholar Martti Koskenniemi about the direction of international law and its reigning sensibility in the early 21st century.
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Archive: 2021 (44 Posts)
Results: 1 - 9 of 44 | Refined by: (Year) 2021 Power and (Lack of) Control in the American Party System December 23, 2021 Posted by: Andrew Breiner On November 18, the Kluge Center, in partnership with the American Enterprise Institute and the Brookings Institution, held its fifth event in the Pillars of Democracy series.
Archive: November 2021 (4 Posts)
What’s Behind the Idea of a Partisan Judiciary? November 8, 2021 Posted by: Andrew Breiner On September 30, the John W. Kluge Center, the Brookings Institution, and the American Enterprise Institute, convened the latest panel discussion in the Pillars of Democracy series, this one on the causes of changing attitudes towards the federal judiciary, as well as the ways that the third branch of government can win Americans’ trust back. … Posted in: Law, Media & Communications, Politics
Pillars of Democracy: Three Experts on Building an Administrative State that Works
On October 21, the Kluge Center, in partnership with the American Enterprise Institute and the Brookings Institution, held its fourth event in the Pillars of Democracy series. After three events that covered the lack of trust in the constitutional branches of government, the fourth event’s focus shifted to the administrative state, which some describe as effectively a fourth branch of government given the power that it wields. William Galston, Ezra K.
Archive: August 2021 (3 Posts)
Cary Maguire Passes Away, Leaving Legacy of Scholarship in Ethics August 18, 2021 Posted by: Andrew Breiner Cary Maguire, businessman, philanthropist, and benefactor of the Cary and Ann Maguire Chair in Ethics and American History at the Kluge Center, passed away at age 93 on August 10, 2021, at his home in Dallas. Born in 1928, Maguire spent much of his career as an executive in the oil industry, establishing the Maguire … Posted in: Ethics & Morality, General News
Pillars of Democracy: Rebuilding America’s Trust in the Presidency
For decades America’s civic and governmental institutions have lost the trust of the people, and sometimes even come under direct attack. Commentators offer various explanations for what has happened. Many point to a loss of faith in authority figures beginning with the Vietnam War and the corruption of Watergate, and the movement in the 1960s and ‘70s, stemming in part from the anti-war protest effort, that sought to challenge authority figures of all stripes.
Kluge Center Co-Sponsors Examination of American Institutions with Pillars of Democracy Series
For decades America’s civic and governmental institutions have lost the trust of the people, and sometimes even come under direct attack. Commentators offer various explanations for what has happened. Many point to a loss of faith in authority figures beginning with the Vietnam War and the corruption of Watergate. A movement in the 1960s and ‘70s, stemming in part from the anti-war movement, sought to challenge authority figures of all stripes.
Archive: June 2021 (5 Posts)
Visualizing “Our Common Purpose” June 8, 2021 Posted by: Andrew Breiner This is a guest post by Lee Ann Potter, Director of Professional Learning and Outreach Initiatives at the Library of Congress Center for Learning, Literacy, & Engagement. “Our Common Purpose—A Campaign for Civic Strength at the Library of Congress,” a wealth of activities at the Library this spring.
Kissinger Chairs Reflect on the 20th Anniversary of the Chair’s Establishment
Introduction from the Director of the Kluge Center Around the turn of the century, then-Librarian of Congress James Billington secured a generous gift to endow the Henry A. Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations, concurrent with the opening of the Kluge Center. Many of Dr. Kissinger’s friends and colleagues, as well as foundations, contributed to the endowment.
Christianity and International Law
This cross-disciplinary collaboration offers historical and contemporary scholarship exploring the interface of Christianity and international law. Christianity and International Law aims to understand and move past arguments, narratives and tropes that commonly frame law-religion studies in global governance.
Archive: April 2021 (6 Posts)
Kluge Center Announces New Chairs in 2021 April 28, 2021 Posted by: Andrew Breiner The John W. Kluge Center is pleased to announce four new Chairs beginning their time in residence in 2021. David Baron holds the Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology, Exploration, and Scientific Innovation. Baron is a journalist, author, and broadcaster who has worked as a science correspondent for National Public Radio and … Posted in: General News
Big Mischief: Wipes
Synopsis A timid keyboard jockey endures his workday while daydreaming of a life filled with grit, purpose, and dirty hands, but when his dreams all seem to be coming true, the line between daydream and reality becomes dangerously blurred.
Our Common Purpose: Second Event Looks at Reforming Electoral Institutions
At any point in time we might look at our political institutions – Congress, the presidency, the courts, elections, etc. – and see them as static, impervious to change in the larger social or cultural environment. In fact, that perception is wrong. Our political institutions evolve just as the larger culture does.
Archive: December 2020 (3 Posts)
Prominent Political Scientists Challenge the Conventional Wisdom at Kluge Event December 31, 2020 Posted by: John Haskell On December 17, Frances Lee and Jim Curry discussed their new book, The Limits of Party: Congress and Lawmaking in a Polarized Era, as part of our “Conversations on the Future of Democracy” series.
Prominent Political Scientists Challenge the Conventional Wisdom at Kluge Event
On December 17, Frances Lee and Jim Curry discussed their new book, The Limits of Party: Congress and Lawmaking in a Polarized Era, as part of our “Conversations on the Future of Democracy” series. Lee, from Princeton University, is recognized as one of the leading authorities on congressional politics and was Chair in Congressional Policymaking at the Kluge Center in 2019.
Archive: 2020 (41 Posts)
Why We Write: Public Scholarship in Times of Crisis October 2, 2020 Posted by: Andrew Breiner This is a guest post by Janna Deitz, Kluge Center Program Specialist in Outreach and Partnerships. Scholars in residence at the John W. Kluge Center represent the very best in academic researchers and are further distinguished by their commitment to engage with the public and policymaking community.
The Kluge Center: A Place for Conversations on the Future of Democracy
No one needs reminding that democracy in the US, Europe, and elsewhere is under stress. Led by Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden, the Kluge Center has hosted some of the greatest thinkers from the academy and leading practitioners in the political and policymaking world for conversations on the future of democracy.
Archive: June 2020 (5 Posts)
Kluge Chair Ken Pomeranz Wins 2021 Toynbee Prize June 1, 2020 Posted by: Andrew Breiner The John W. Kluge Center extends its congratulations to Kenneth Pomeranz for winning the 2021 Toynbee Prize.
Trying to Be
Skip to content A Collection 124 Pages, 5.50 x 8.50 in, 8 bw figures Paperback 9781573662147 Published: October 2025 $18.95 eBook 9781573669177 Published: October 2025 $18.95 Description Praise With lyrical precision and aching intimacy, Trying to Be moves through history, memory, and the performance of ephemeral identity, as John Haskell assembles a quiet manifesto for how to think, how to live, and how to feel ourselves in our bodies.
Congressional reform without the ideology
Congress needs therapy. Everyone seems to think that the institution isn’t doing its job, but too often what is described as the “problem” doesn’t clearly identify what might be the actual failing of the institution. Congress is a contentious and acrimonious place for sure. But being “unpleasant” doesn’t necessarily relate to how good a job it is doing. And, to the point, what is the job that Congress is supposed to do?
Archive: October 2018 (2 Posts)
October 2018 Arrivals at Kluge October 3, 2018 Posted by: Michael Stratmoen October 2018 is here, and with the change in leaves approaching, the Kluge Center welcomed five new fellows into residence. Here are the projects that they will be working on: Emma Day, an incoming Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Fellow, arrived from the University of Oxford. During her residency, Emma will conduct research on … Posted in: Uncategorized
Political Theology and International Law (Brill, 2018)
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Archive: September 2018 (3 Posts)
September 2018 Arrivals at Kluge September 10, 2018 Posted by: Michael Stratmoen September 2018 is here, and with summer winding down in D.C., the Kluge Center welcomed six new fellows into residence, including three from our Kluge Fellowship Program. Here are the projects that they will be working on: Joel Blecher, an incoming Kluge Fellow, arrived from George Washington University. During his residency, Joel will conduct research … Posted in: Uncategorized
Archive: July 2018 (3 Posts)
July 2018 Arrivals at Kluge July 13, 2018 Posted by: Michael Stratmoen July 2018 is here, and while D.C. residents threw barbecues and watched fireworks for the Fourth, the Kluge Center welcomed three new scholars into residence. Here are the projects that they will be working on: Tamika Galanis, our incoming Jon B. Lovelace Fellow for the Study of the Alan Lomax Collection, arrived from Duke University. … Posted in: Uncategorized
Archive: May 2018 (2 Posts)
May 2018 Arrivals at Kluge May 15, 2018 Posted by: Michael Stratmoen May 2018 is here, and as D.C. finally shook off winter for good, the Kluge Center welcomed three new scholars into residence. Here are the projects that they will be working on: Seth Masket, our incoming Kluge Chair in American Law and Governance, arrived from the University of Denver. During his residency, Masket will conduct … Posted in: Uncategorized
Archive: April 2018 (3 Posts)
April 2018 Arrivals at Kluge April 18, 2018 Posted by: Michael Stratmoen April 2018 is here, and along with the Cherry Blossoms and warmer weather, the Kluge Center has welcomed five new fellows into residence. Here are a few of the projects that they will be working on: Catriona Gold, an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Fellow, arrived from University College London. During her residency, Catriona … Posted in: Uncategorized
International Law and the Turn to Political Economy
An increasing number of international law scholars over the last few years have started to turn their attention to the study of political economy. To what extent can this trend be considered an indication of an underlying ‘disciplinary turn’? How should one understand the phenomenon of disciplinary turns? The answer we propose to this question in this article proceeds from the assumption that not all disciplinary shifts follow the same logic.
Suzanne Bocanegra by John Haskell - BOMB Magazine
Lili Taylor in Farmhouse/Whorehouse, an Artist Lecture by Suzanne Bocanegra Starring Lili Taylor, 2017. Photo by Georgia Nerheim. Images courtesy of the artist. The Select Equity Group Series on Theater I met Suzanne Bocanegra many years ago, before her children were born and grown, and even then she was making intricate art about the details of domestic life.
4' 33": On Listening to the Silence
About a month ago, at the Museum of Modern Art, I attended a performance of John Cage’s 4’33”. I’d read about its famous silence, but because I’d never sat in a theater and experienced that silence, all I had were expectations. I expected the pianist to be a man, which is what expectations do, they give you a picture of what will happen before it happens, and it turned out the performer was a violinist.
by Édouard Louis
The French writer E?douard Louis recorded his days in New York, around the time of the American release of his novel The End of Eddy. The following entries originally appeared in French in the June 6, 2017, edition of Les Inrockuptibles. Awakening. Eleven o'clock. The noise of Manhattan, far in the distance. Police sirens, engines, shouting. Next to me, lying open on the bed, Primo Levi's The Drowned and the Saved, which I read yesterday until deep into the night.
Why Maine’s demographics might not be of great economic concern
FROM Scott Thistle’s recent article, Maine’s lack of population growth source of economic concern: State lawmakers heard again Monday that Maine’s dwindling and aging population will continue to be one of the biggest factors in the state’s long-struggling economy. But the state’s economy is still largely hinged on its ability to grow its population. State Rep.
THE EVOLVING CONGRESS
[Senate Prints 113-30] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] 113th Congress } { S. Prt. COMMITTEE PRINT 2d Session } { 113-30 _______________________________________________________________________ THE EVOLVING CONGRESS ---------- COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION UNITED STATES SENATE [GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] DECEMBER 2014 PREPARED BY THE Congressional Research Service Library of Congress 113th Congress } { S. Prt.
Cauleen Smith by Leslie Hewitt - BOMB Magazine
Still from Elsewhere, 2010, digitized 35-mm loop. Total running time: 7 minutes, 30 seconds. Some images in life and art remain seared in one’s memory because of their sublime effect and power. Such images are found and masterfully constructed in the films of Cauleen Smith.
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