27 Notes on Growing Old(er)

The RuffianHN2
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In an anthology of mid-century American poetry composed in psychiatric hospitals, James Schuyler deserved prominent billing

Literary Review
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The Pain of Perfectionism

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What Can a Cell Remember?

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More than 100 books have been written about Gustav Mahler. Too few do what needs to be done: defend his use of cowbells

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We're watching the last meaningful distinctions between creating and copying dissolve, and most people couldn’t care less

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The One Book Everyone Should Read

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Can the real William Blake be rescued from his reputation as a hedonic, revolution-loving proto-hippie

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How Scientific Empires End

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W.G. Sebald's reputation has grown so imposing that it is a relief to discover an earlier, less polished version of the writer

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Ibsen and the paradox of progressive moralism. He demonstrated how claims to serve ideals are often ways of serving ourselves

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Are critics artists, and criticism an artform? The debate is as irresolvable as it is consequential

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We’ve been condensing information into pictures since caveman times. But that's no excuse to use emojis

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How to Grow Human Bones

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In Defense of the Traditional Review

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How much does Jewishness explain Partisan Review's famously pugnacious intellectual style

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When a trove of Van Goghs and Picassos and Manets turned up in Athens stamped with Nazi insignias, a weird situation got weirder

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Why Are Quiet Spaces Disappearing?

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Who was Leopold Stokowski? The most elusive and controversial conductor in America

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The General Theory of Enshittification

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