In 1987 critic Allan Bloom wrote a bestseller about "The Closing of" this
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term was already in the air, but Bloom's huge best-seller both... [DOC] [TLE] 'The Closing of the American Mind,' 20 Years Later - Inside Higher Ed [PAR] Sep 18, 2007 ... ... Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind, a surprise best-seller in 1987 and 
the ... William Kristol wrote a rave review of The Closing in The Wall Street 
Journal ... Paul Wolfowitz was Bloom's student; Bellow's Ravelstein says of ..... 
Podhoretz writes, Allan Bloom's homosexuality was no great secret.