Room for Doubt (Except in Regard to Mark Morris) with Wendy Lesser July 31, 2008

Room for Doubt is cultural critic Wendy Lesser’s account of three separate but interlocking occasions for doubt: an unexpected stay in Berlin; her unwritten book on philosopher David Hume; and her long friendship with writer Leonard Michaels, which endured despite constant breakdowns.

As in her book, during this talk Lesser will explore how the arts—specifically her twenty-year love affair with the choreography of Mark Morris—connect with aspects of daily life.

The founding editor of The Threepenny Review, Wendy Lesser is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

“This trenchant little volume display[s] Lesser’s talent for brilliant, merciless self-criticism. She emerges as quirkily attractive and consistently interesting.”—The Atlantic Monthly

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