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Adrian Nathan West

Adrian Nathan West is a literary translator, essayist, and author of The Aesthetics of Degradation and My Father’s Diet.

Gary Indiana rests his head on his arm and stares into the distance forlornly.

Normal People

In a curious document written on the occasion of Heidegger’s eightieth birthday, Hannah Arendt recalls the hushed tones in which admirers in the twenties had spoken of him as “the secret king of philosophy.” I have the sense that Gary Indiana occupies a similar position in ...