*Liberties *is a quarterly journal of serious, stylish, and controversial essays on culture and politics.

*Liberties *is a quarterly journal of serious, stylish, and controversial essays on culture and politics.

In the Summer 2025 issue:Ian Burumaon staying decent in an indecent society;John Banvilleon Ireland's poets and Ireland's troubles;Sergei Lebedevon Putin's road from Chechnya to Ukraine;Arash Azizion art for art's sake under Iranian oppression;Christina Cacourison the style of grief;Lily Lynchon a rendezvous on the Bosphorus;Adam Kirschon what one liberal learned from an evening of Ibsen;Declan Ryanon the uncanny achievement of C. K. Williams;Carlos Fraenkelon pain, happiness, and an ancient dispute;Jennie Lightweis-Goffon how Stephen Foster helped invent us all;Patrick Mackieon why Naples is the most musical city in the world;Abhrajyoti Chakrabortyon the brutal genius of Saadat Hasan Manto;Justin Smith-Ruiuon the wartime career of analytic philosophy;Michael Kimmageon F. Scott Fitzgerald's foolishness and profundity;Mischa Shumanon saying farewell to a cruel father;Greg Gerkecontemplates Rembrandt at the Met;Morten Høi Jensenon why foreign students may never aspire to come to America again;Celeste Marcusreports from the West Bank on Israeli settler terrorism; andLeon Wieseltieron Trump's moronic and dangerous war on culture.

As well as poetry fromHenri ColeandPaul Pastor.Liberties features essays from leading op-ed writers and scholars, award-winning writers, the next generation's rising talent, and poets from around the world-there's a reason why cultural warriors, political leaders, opinion makers, and engaged citizens from across the political and cultural spectrum read and cherishLiberties* *.