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The Post-Literate Society, and More
In 17th century Europe, an eclectic mix of aphorism, fiction, dialogue, and essay cultivated a new sensibility: aesthetic taste...
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Consider the Snail, and More
One lung, one heart, one foot, 15,000 teeth.
Sep 25
Michel Houellebecq, Sally Mann, and More
Michel Houellebecq’s writing is a serious, perhaps desperate effort to express directly the experience of total absorption...
Sep 24
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Shady Studies, the Em Dash, and More
Arvo Pärt is the most-performed living composer, after John Williams.
Sep 23
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The Suburban Novel, AI-Detection, and More
“The suburban novel’s concerns — conformity, consumerism, lack of fulfillment among plenty — have come to feel dated, almost quaint”...
Sep 22
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Literary 'It' Girls, and More
The child art star. Is great art a justification for the extreme exposure of the children of memoirists or photographers? ... more »
Sep 19
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Robot Rhetoric, Baldwin's Greenwich Village, and More
Have you smelled that robot stink? It wafts off writing that's grammatically fluent but conceptually hollow... more »
Sep 18
Beware the AI Prophets, and More
The vanishing art of editing. Few have wielded a sharp No. 2 pencil with more skill than Star Lawrence... more »
Sep 17
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