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What am I doing in 2026?
Everything is slow now so everything is always in the future
Dec 16, 2025 • Christopher Shinn
2025 faves
Why can't we be tragic?
Dec 6, 2025 • Christopher Shinn
Autumn wanderings
Hemingway and Stevens and two new books from friends
Oct 13, 2025 • Christopher Shinn
Artificial illusions
When I had time to kill at Charles de Gaulle Airport this summer, I asked ChatGPT-5 where I might find a nice meal.
Oct 3, 2025 • Christopher Shinn
Wild Times
Why has the New York Times not reviewed a major new Ibsen production?
Sep 21, 2025 • Christopher Shinn
A thought about last week
Psychopathy and our moment
Sep 15, 2025 • Christopher Shinn
Brief thoughts on Middlemarch
... and a postcard from France
Jul 29, 2025 • Christopher Shinn
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Stuff that's on my mind, very very occasionally
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