Slate Review

The Slave of Seriousness

Susan Sontag and the era that made her possible.

"Fifteen years after her death, it is so difficult to explain why Sontag mattered because it had less to do with what she said and wrote than with how she was in the world, or with how she appeared to be. She was just what we needed—or at least what we wanted—at the moment, and the moment has passed."Read the full review