New York Review of Books as Farce

If you want to see the scope of the disconnect between our literary intellectuals and the wider reading public, look no further than the Nov. 8 issue of The New York Review of Books. The cover advertises a "Special Election Issue," with a solemn John Springs caricature of Barack Obama—solid blue suit, face made with red and black cross-hatching, eyes shut tight as if in pain or perhaps in prayer.

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