Phillis Wheatley & Hannah Arendt in dialogue: Examining tragedy and genius in the work of two women central to The Great Conversation

Also in this CR issue: democratizing The Great Conversation, reviving American civic life, the Museum of Failure, a Wondrium giveaway, and more!

Gracious reader,

This week, we’ll explore:

• Lessons from the lives and work of two women who are central to The Great Conversation:

  • Hannah Arendt, a Jewish German-American philosopher and journalist ( and refugee from Hitler’s Third Reich and Holocaust survivor), who was born in 1906 and died 46 years ago yesterday, on December 4th, 1975

  • Phillis Wheatley, a …