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  • Devastating

    We say hope is the last thing to abandon us, but if hope often concerns physical survival — its deeper function is narrative.

  • Lives of Poets

    Lives of the Poets isn’t considered his finest work

  • How To Feel About Michel Houellebecq

    The other day, I received a text from my daughter, an aspiring writer, asking my opinion on Michel Houellebecq.

  • Shakespeare’s Edge

    Might ignorance be a secret ingredient in authenticity?

  • Pretentious

    Like woke, pretentious is a label impossible to defend oneself against.

  • The 2024 Reading List

    It’s been a good reading year.