May 2003 Issue [Reviews] Our essays, ourselves Download PDF Adjust Share In defense of the Big Idea by Cristina Nehring, Subscribe or log in to continue reading. Tags 21st century American essays Book reviews Ian Frazier John A. McPhee Lisa Knopp Ted Kooser Tracy Daugherty More from Cristina Nehring Love in the time of hedonism Michel Houellebecq's new novel The unbearable slightness Why do we love Milan Kundera, again? Last the night The abiding genius of Edna St. Vincent Millay Adjust Share