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Reading and Writing in the Old Year and the New
what I read and wrote in 2025, some resolutions
Jan 2
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Review: How to Read a Book
and, on writing for large audiences
Dec 18, 2025
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Merry Christmas
A Christmas card from your favorite newsletter
Dec 12, 2025
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Literary Elitism
and being nice
Nov 21, 2025
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Review: How To Read Like a Professor
And some reflections on “public-facing humanities”
Nov 14, 2025
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In Which I Decline to Take Anne Lamott’s Advice
Twain vs. Lamott
Nov 4, 2025
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Interpretation Outside of the Institution
How to Interpret a Text, pt. 4
Oct 24, 2025
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O Life!
Re-reading Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Oct 17, 2025
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A Letter from the Trenches of the Method Wars
How to Interpret a Text, Part 3
Oct 8, 2025
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Hi, Everyone
In which I say hello and beg you to say hello back, and to complete a survey
Sep 30, 2025
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My Favorite Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Writing a peer-reviewed journal article is serious business for serious people.
Sep 26, 2025
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On The Men Eating Hamburgers in Their Cars
There’s a vulnerability to admitting what “the algorithm,” as we all call it, serves up to us.
Sep 17, 2025
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