Earl Shorris

Earl Shorris is the editor, with Miguel León-Portilla, of In the
Language of Kings: An Anthology of Mesoamerican
Literature–Pre-Columbian to the Present (Norton). He has received the
National Humanities Medal and the Condecoración de la Orden del
Aguila Azteca.

Film November 30, 2006

Mad Mel and the Maya

Mel Gibson's violent new film Apocalypto exploits Maya culture and perpetuates racist stereotypes.

Earl Shorris
Philosophy January 6, 2005

The Hero Within

If many strangers die all at once, as in the tragedy of the tsunami or the Rwanda massacre or a war like the one in Iraq, it is a moral problem, to be dealt with through politics or philosophy.

Earl Shorris
Immigration Policy May 13, 2004

A Nation of WASPs?

A Nation of WASPs?

Earl Shorris
Media June 28, 2001

Open Letter to Left-Wing Magazines, Including Us

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Earl Shorris

Film November 30, 2006

Mel Gibson's violent new film Apocalypto exploits Maya culture and perpetuates racist stereotypes.

Philosophy January 6, 2005

If many strangers die all at once, as in the tragedy of the tsunami or the Rwanda massacre or a war like the one in Iraq, it is a moral problem, to be dealt with through politics or philosophy.

Immigration Policy May 13, 2004

A Nation of WASPs?

Media June 28, 2001