BooksHannah Arendt’s American EducationThe writer’s political ideal—citizens appearing before one another as equals, engaging in dialogue and debate—had a counterpart in her spirited gatherings on the Upper West Side.By David DenbyAugust 10, 2026By all accounts, Arendt was formidable, funny, sociable, and even flirtatious. Men like Dwight Macdonald and Randall Jarrell were drawn to her. Mary McCarthy became her closest American friend.Photograph from Hannah Arendt Bluecher Literary Trust / Art ResourceSave this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyHannah Arendt arrived in New York in May, 1941, stateless, broke, and far from fluent in English. A German Jew exiled first from...
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