Joel Whitney, the founding editor of Guernica: A Magazine of Art and Politics and author of “The Mongrel Canon” published in the World Policy Journal’s Fall 2010 edition believes deeply in the existence of a Global Canon of creativity around the world. He discusses the roots of inspiration for literature and art and whether written works in local languages can influence global culture on the same scale as have works in the centuries-old Western Canon. Whitney is a guest of World Policy Journal editor David A. Andelman on the weekly World Policy on Air podcast.
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