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Steven Mintz

  • Professor, University of Texas at Austin and Journalist, Freelance
New York, San Luis Obispo
As seen in: The Washington Post, The Secret Life of Canada, Substack, Taylor & Francis Online, That Was The Week (Podcast), Flipboard, Inside Higher Ed, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Times Higher Education, Inside Business and
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Why Gordon Wood Will Matter Long After Many of His Critics Are Forgotten

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By Steven Mintz
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The obituaries of Gordon Wood have followed a familiar script. They acknowledge his influence. They note his awards. They describe his books. Then, often at considerable length, they turn to his critics. Wood neglected slavery. He paid insufficient attention to Native Americans. He focused too narrowly on ideas. He treated the Revolution as too American a story. Subsequent generations of historians expanded, complicated, and corrected his account. All of this is true.
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How Modern Society Lost the Language and Rituals that Once Gave Death Meaning

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By Steven Mintz
| Substack
Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata — one of the most beloved and emotionally powerful operas ever written — begins in an unexpected way. Before anyone sings, before the glamorous parties and great love story begin, the orchestra plays music that is quiet, fragile, and full of sadness. The Prelude already tells us that this story will end in heartbreak. The music seems almost haunted, as if it already knows that love, happiness, and life itself are slipping away.
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Clickbait Dressed in the Clothes of Cultural Authority

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By Steven Mintz
| Substack
The New York Times Magazine’s Greatest Songwriters List, the Industry Insider Problem, and the Traditions American Criticism Cannot See The New York Times Magazine just published a list of the thirty greatest living American songwriters, assembled by polling more than 250 music industry insiders—artists, producers, managers, and executives—alongside six Times critics. The individual entries are often well-written, and many of the inclusions are genuinely difficult to dispute.
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