June 10, 2020
A Theory of The Self
A review of Dionne Brand’s Theory (Knopf, 2018) By Derek Newman-Stille Dionne Brand’s Theory is theory given life, a speculation about the nature of beauty, thought, and social interaction. Focussing on a graduate student nearing the end of their dissertation, Theory takes us into the conflicted world of emotion and intellect, exploring the way that passion and dispassionate investigation collide....