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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 •

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 •

April 2023

My first Post piece is up!!!

In general, they'll be posted online on Thursdays

Apr 21 •

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 •

once again, on agnes callard

Mar 9 •

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 •

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 •

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 •

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 •

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 •

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 •

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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