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“Amadeus and Mozart” by A. Peter Brown was published in The American Scholar Winter 1992.

My book Against Fascism (containing the Klaus Mäkelä poem) is available only from Lulu: lulu.com/shop/david-novak/against-fascism/paperback/product-zmy9n9q.html?q=against+fascism+novak&page=1&pageSize=4

My book Lit Crit contains the essay I wrote focusing on Joseph Epstein: lulu.com/shop/david-x-novak/lit-crit-politics-and-poetics/paperback/product-1we498mz.html?page=1&pageSize=4

Since I removed the "X" from my name, Lulu sometimes thinks I'm two people. For all my Lulu books, go to this URL: lulu.com/spotlight/davidxnovak

Yesterday’s video: youtu.be/ar1Cd3D7BXI