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Dwight Garner on Joseph Epstein, and More
“A death by bureaucracy.” Why is the University of Oxford shuttering its Future of Humanity Institute?... more » Dwight Garner on Joseph Epstein: “His…
The Suburb Trap, Classical Music, and More
When did it become embarrassing to like classical music? When it became thought of as an elite art... more » A tidy lawn, a model home, good local…
Descartes’s Stove, Nostalgia, and More
Leonard Cohen was in a dark place: He hated poetry, and folk music, the hippie scene. Then the Yom Kippur War broke out... more » “Nostalgia” was coined…
Lord Byron’s Scandalous Affairs, and More
A homogeneous Harlem Renaissance? The period’s art depicts pool halls, jazz clubs, formal dinners, and social groups at odds with one another... more »…
The Dustbin of Literary History, and More
We read the classics but ignore much of what readers once enjoyed: forgeries, pseudotranslations, and other ephemera from the dustbin of literary…
'The Recluse of Amherst,' and More
Emily Dickinson’s life, it turns out, was full of baking, corresponding, and humor.
In Praise of Walking, and More
'At three miles an hour, the world is a continuum.'
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