Timothy Brennan

Timothy Brennan is the author, most recently of Wars of Position: The Cultural Politics of Left and Right (2006). A journalist in Central America during the 1980s, and a former consultant for Public Television, his recent books include At Home in the World: Cosmopolitanism Now (1997). He edited, introduced, and co-translated Alejo Carpentier’s mid-century classic, Music in Cuba (2001). His essays on literature, cultural politics, and American intellectuals have appeared in a variety of publications including The Nation, the Times Literary Supplement, and the London Review of Books.