Brazil is a polyglot of cultures and ethnicities, but beyond that, Brazilians understood my work from the first moment I began to publish. What does Brazilian culture have, which an North American culture lacks? Well, it's the draw. It's like another planet, really, for sale.
Camille Paglia joins Tyler Cowen for a conversation on the brilliance of Bowie, lamb vindaloo, her lifestyle of observation, why writers need real jobs, Star Wars, Harold Bloom, Amelia Earhart, Edmund Spenser, Brazil, why she is most definitely not a cultural conservative, and much more.
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