In the US. or anywhere else around the world, when freedom is threatened, when liberty is under siege, it is often the artist that comes to the rescue. Not necessarily in the realm of changing politics, but in reminding us why that freedom is important, inspiring us to remember what matters, amidst the fear and noise of repression.In a new book entitled It Occurs to Me That I Am America: New Stories and Art
, Jonathan Santlofer, has brought together some of the most profound artists and writers of our time, to do exactly that. My conversation with Jonathan Santlofer:
