“I keep a button on my desk that says ‘Life?’ Of course I have a life. It’s a life filled with books.” Those are the words of Michael Dirda, Pulitzer Price-winning book critic for the Washington Post.
In a recent Post interview, Dirda explained his decision to step back from weekly book reviews. He said “the decisive moment” was “the election of Donald Trump. Once again, our country was in the hands of someone who regularly mocked learning, science and the arts; rejected empathy and tolerance for others; and valued above all else wealth, power, and social media celebrity.”
About Dirda’s hatred for Trump, it won’t be addressed here.
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