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Sontag, men, a personal pet peeve
Hi, all. I’m mostly writing to report that two (I think?) of my pieces have come out since I last wrote. One, out today, is about a collection of Susan…
May 25
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TRADWIVES
Hi! My Washington Post piece last week was about babies; I had a riot calling them the most powerful lobby in America. You can read it here…
May 2
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TRADWIVES
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April 2023
My first Post piece is up!!!
In general, they'll be posted online on Thursdays
Apr 21
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My first Post piece is up!!!
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March 2023
Goodbye to all that (to (academic) philosophy)(for now!)
A lot of things are happening! One thing that’s happening is that The Point is throwing a party to celebrate the release of issue 29. It’ll be in New…
Mar 14
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Goodbye to all that (to (academic) philosophy)(for now!)
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once again, on agnes callard
sorry!!
Mar 9
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becca rothfeld
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once again, on agnes callard
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zombies, the stupid chat bot (shut up about it, everyone), body modification
I have three new pieces out in recent weeks and not much else to report, except that I’m on a deadline so I shouldn’t be on here, and also that one of…
Mar 2
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zombies, the stupid chat bot (shut up about it, everyone), body modification
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February 2023
Do not let bad flowers bloom; Italo Svevo, the GOAT
Hi, all. I wrote a piece about one of my favorite novelists, Italo Svevo, for the New Left Review that’s up now…
Feb 13
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becca rothfeld
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Do not let bad flowers bloom; Italo Svevo, the GOAT
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Tár, talking vs. writing, when to write for evil magazines
Hi, all! I have a new piece out, two pieces of news, and a reflection. The piece, which came out in New York Magazine, advances a different reading of…
Feb 3
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Tár, talking vs. writing, when to write for evil magazines
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January 2023
Kafka, talking and whether to do it
Hi, all. Two pieces of tangentially related news. First, I wrote about a great and long overdue new translation of Kafka’s diaries for this week’s New…
Jan 12
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December 2022
shut up about freedom of speech!!
Last week, a Harvard affiliate asked me to sign a petition that concerns the apparently dire condition of “free speech” on campus. Not only I did I…
Dec 15, 2022
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shut up about freedom of speech!!
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November 2022
Colette, motherhood, etc
Hi, all! I’ve recently acquired many new subscribers, possibly because of my post about Agnes and her “cancellation.” I fear that these new subscribers…
Nov 29, 2022
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Colette, motherhood, etc
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agnes callard is good, actually
She is always worth reading because she is always so fresh and surprising. Even when I disagree with her, I’m in awe at the singular and courageous…
Nov 3, 2022
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