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Universities, audience capture, and bullshit; Beowulf, Kendrick Lamar
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A covenant with death, and an agreement with hell; Yale, Du Bois, Bagehot, Pynchon, Fitzgerald
Sep 23, 2025
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Birth and death, the interregnum; Ayşegül Savaş, Shakespeare, Twombly, Lacan; zen buddhism, the body, the erotic, sacrifice, names, being transgender…
Jul 20, 2025
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A guess from a guess
Translation, research, conjecture; Linear Elamite, Rumi; the position of Jupiter drives the invention of agriculture; an economist does something good
May 21, 2025
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You’re not getting Boy with Apple you god damn little fruit!
The Wes Anderson Essay
Mar 23, 2025
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Taking Our Chances
This one's for the academy, I guess
Jan 18, 2025
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Huck & Jim
at the art institute of Chicago
Dec 3, 2024
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The red shoes are never tired
Ambition, community, theft and satiety
Oct 25, 2024
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