Oranges &; Peanuts for Sale

Of the twenty-eight essays, one section focuses on writers and literary works with stories about the Chinese, the Psalms in translation, and E.B. Whites essays, "Here Is New York." Another section continues in Weinberger's political vein with a sequel to "What I Heard About Iraq" an anti-war classic. He also discusses Samuel Beckett, Octavio Paz, Shiva, photography and anthropology, praise for Barack Obama, a manifesto on translation, reflections on the color blue, death, exoticism, Susan Sontag, the arts, and war.