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The life and afterlife of Susan Sontag
Dec 18, 2025
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The Greatest
On the Wonderful Mystery of Janet Malcolm
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Nov 19, 2025
I Want To Be There, I’ve Got To Be There
Notes on literary glamour
Nov 10, 2025
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The Highway Kind
Henry Begler profiles Meaghan Garvey, a writer hitting the road in search of America’s weirder, better half
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Oct 29, 2025
On William Blake, for Romanticon
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Oct 20, 2025
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One Year of Staring
a letter, a manifesto, a few sentimental remarks
Sep 24, 2025
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The Palm at the End of the Mind
Visions of Key West
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