Social and literary critic Irving Howe (1920–1993) was a MacArthur Fellow, and a National Book Award winner, and was considered to be one of the great Jewish intellectuals of his time. Nina Howe is Concordia University Research Chair in Education and a member of the university’s Faculty of Arts and Science. She lives in Montreal.

"Irving Howe was a critic of literature, politics, and society, unmatched in his time for diversity of strength. A generous power of admiration runs through all his writing like a hidden melody." —DAVID BROMWICH

Social and literary critic Irving Howe (1920–1993) was a MacArthur Fellow, and a National Book Award winner, and was considered to be one of the great Jewish intellectuals of his time. Nina Howe is Concordia University Research Chair in Education and a member of the university’s Faculty of Arts and Science. She lives in Montreal.

"Irving Howe was a critic of literature, politics, and society, unmatched in his time for diversity of strength. A generous power of admiration runs through all his writing like a hidden melody." —DAVID BROMWICH

Social and literary critic Irving Howe (1920–1993) was a MacArthur Fellow, and a National Book Award winner, and was considered to be one of the great Jewish intellectuals of his time. Nina Howe is Concordia University Research Chair in Education and a member of the university’s Faculty of Arts and Science. She lives in Montreal.

"Irving Howe was a critic of literature, politics, and society, unmatched in his time for diversity of strength. A generous power of admiration runs through all his writing like a hidden melody." —DAVID BROMWICH