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Letters, Winter 2025

JL;DR SUMMARY Alexandra Popoff's response to Gary Saul Morson's review of her biography of Ayn Rand debates the interpretation of Rand's literary influences and Jewish identity. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityDostoevskyRussian LiteratureCapitalismAlexandra PopoffAyn RandObjectivismGary Saul MorsonTolstoyAnthony Daniels

Places mentioned

California, United States
"Unlike Heller, I received access to the Ayn Rand Archives in California."
Russian Federation
"I grew up in the Soviet Union where this abominable novel was mandatory reading but fail to see similarities."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Joshua Leifer Tel Aviv, Israel"
Israel
"Rand said she felt Jewish when faced with antisemitism; she also supported Israel."
New Jersey, United States
"Peter Buchsbaum Superior Court of New Jersey via email"
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"Charles Heller Toronto, Ontario via email"
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