Irving Howe

This is the Silone that I, and others of my generation such as Irving Howe, admired ” and still do.

Silone's Mystery Bell, Daniel 2002

Reviewer after reviewer during the 1970s and 1980s—including Irving Howe in Dissent, Hilton Kramer in the New York Times, Alfred Kazin in Esquire, Martha Gellhorn in the Paris Review and most devastatingly Samuel McCracken in Commentary—showed beyond any doubt that these books were full of outrageous omissions and flagrant departures from the historical record.

Don't Blame Mary McCarthy Barton Swaim 2011

"The Old Bunch" is an excellent corrective to "The World of Our Fathers," Irving Howe's historical account of the Jews of mostly New York, with their labor-union and socialist backgrounds.

Destiny's Children Joseph Epstein 2012

At City College of New York, he received a degree in sociology, but otherwise was steeped in debates with classmates Kristol, Irving Howe and Nathan Glazer, their gatherings recalled in the 1998 documentary "Arguing the World."

Daniel Bell, influential sociologist, dies at 91 2011

Reviewer after reviewer during the 1970s and 1980s—including Irving Howe in Dissent, Hilton Kramer in the New York Times, Alfred Kazin in Esquire, Martha Gellhorn in the Paris Review and most devastatingly Samuel McCracken in Commentary—showed beyond any doubt that these books were full of outrageous omissions and flagrant departures from the historical record.

Don't Blame Mary McCarthy Barton Swaim 2011

Shot in black-and-white except for the commentaries on the Zelig affair by Saul Bellow, Susan Sontag, Irving Howe and Bruno Bettelheim, it's also a brilliant satirical history of America in the 1930s and 40s.

Zelig; Hannah and Her Sisters – review 2012

Reviewer after reviewer during the 1970s and 1980s—including Irving Howe in Dissent, Hilton Kramer in the New York Times, Alfred Kazin in Esquire, Martha Gellhorn in the Paris Review and most devastatingly Samuel McCracken in Commentary—showed beyond any doubt that these books were full of outrageous omissions and flagrant departures from the historical record.

Don't Blame Mary McCarthy Barton Swaim 2011

Shot in black-and-white except for the commentaries on the Zelig affair by Saul Bellow, Susan Sontag, Irving Howe and Bruno Bettelheim, it's also a brilliant satirical history of America in the 1930s and 40s.

Zelig/Hannah and Her Sisters – review 2012

The great historian Irving Howe notes that the immigrant need to find an unoccupied or underserved niche shaped these often "vulgar, crude and overbearing" men.

America's 21st-Century Business Model 2010

The great historian Irving Howe notes that the immigrant need to find an unoccupied or underserved niche shaped these often "vulgar, crude and overbearing" men.

America's 21st-Century Business Model 2010