Kurt Keefner
Descending Mount Olympus
Following Ayn Rand too closely stranded me on a mountain peak. Here's how I came down.
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Kurt Keefner
Jun 30, 202116 min read
The Perfecting of Howard Roark
Howard Roark is no statue. This is the story of his development as a human character.
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Kurt Keefner
May 20, 20217 min read
The Fate of Atlas
I really enjoyed Greek mythology as a boy, but I was never much interested in Atlas. His brother Prometheus, who created humankind and...
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Kurt Keefner
Oct 16, 20207 min read
The Defects of His Virtues, The Virtues of His Defects
The paradoxical characters of Oskar Schindler, Howard Roark and Shakespeare's Brutus
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Kurt Keefner
Sep 25, 20209 min read
Lessons of The Godfather
These gangsters give you a lesson you can't refuse.
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Kurt Keefner
Sep 11, 202011 min read
Man and Nature in The Fountainhead
Architecture is the interface between man and nature. An opportunity for a theme!
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Kurt Keefner
Jun 12, 202011 min read
Brave New Us
Despite the differences we are tending in the direction of Huxley's hedonistic dystopia.
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Kurt Keefner
Apr 10, 20202 min read
Announcing Killing Cool
Essays on authenticity. And vampires. And hugs. And musicians.
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Carrie-Ann Biondi
Mar 1, 20189 min read
Surrender in The Fountainhead.
You would expect Ayn Rand not to like the concept of "surrender," but sometimes she does.
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Kurt Keefner
Dec 16, 201711 min read
Heroes and Shipwrecks: Beethoven and Ayn Rand
In which the sense of life in Beethoven's Fifth is compared to that of Atlas Shrugged.
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Kurt Keefner
Jun 23, 20175 min read
A Tale of a Renaissance Man
Scientist, philosopher, healer, lover--our hero is a true Renaissance man.
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Kurt Keefner
May 25, 20173 min read
Behold the Man: Memoirs of Hadrian
Good emperor. Great man. Beautiful novel.
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Kurt Keefner
Sep 9, 20164 min read
American Not-So-Pastoral
The Swede had a good life, an American life, until his daughter blew it up. What happened?
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Kurt Keefner
Feb 3, 20154 min read
The Plot Against America
A story from an alternate history in which the fascist Charles Lindbergh becomes president.
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Kurt Keefner
Nov 14, 20146 min read
Happy Birthday, Coleman Silk
Professor Silk has a secret. Find out what it is in The Human Stain.
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