nytimes July 4, 2021 1:00am Lauren Berlant, Critic of the American Dream, Is Dead at 63 #deathsobituaries #berlantlauren #crueloptimismbook #booksandliterature #universityofchicago #incomeinequality #optimism #womenandgirls #gender #news Lauren Berlant, Critic of the American Dream, Is Dead at 63 Professor Berlant’s book “Cruel Optimism” provided a popular term to describe false hopes in an increasingly unequal nation.
