Tag: books

• The Sceptre and the Isle

  For S. K., my mentor and friend.

  

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  October 30, 2025

  Alfred Tennyson, books, In Memoriam, literary criticism, literary crticism, memory, mentorship, nostalgia, Photography, Poetry, Prose, reflection, teaching, Ulysses

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• A House of Our Own

  In West Philadelphia.

  

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  November 20, 2024

  academia, architecture, books, bookstore, Chinese, English, history, homecoming, languages, literature, memory, Philadelphia, Photography, Prose, reading

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• Traveling Theory

  Or: “Dispersions.”

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  October 15, 2024

  arts, books, chemistry, Edward Said, humanities, intellectual life, literary theory, literature, math, personal essay, Prose, traveling theory

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