[9] His writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal,[10] The Nation,[11] The Weekly Standard,[12] Times Literary Supplement,[13] and elsewhere.

[14] In his essay, Romano sets up a dichotomy between "pragmatism" and "Hegelianism" and finds statements in Danto's books that he claims fit into one of these two schools of thought.

[37] Romano called on librarians to stop stocking the collected works of the German philosopher, which appear under the term Heidegger Gesamtausgabe.

[39][40] The publication of "the most controversial by far"[41] Only Words book review, written by Romano, provoked a strong reaction with his imagined description of himself raping the author, Catharine MacKinnon.

"[43] David Gates wrote, "Free-speech stalwart Nat Hentoff jumped in—on MacKinnon's side, claiming Romano 'set out to debase [her] person, along with her ideas.

'"[44] Romano said in defense of this review, "The worst thing that can happen to a flamboyant claim is to be tested by a good example.

He used Claire Bloom's 1996 memoir Leaving a Doll's House as proof that Roth's books are "more autobiographical than imaginative.

"[47] In a 2007 elegy of Richard Rorty, Romano's characterization of his subject's originality and creativity drew an extended refutation from the philosopher Brian Leiter.