Notebook May 2023
Word of mouth
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On reading & writing aloud.
On reading & writing aloud.
On the pestilence in northern California.
On the Russian literary tradition.
On Chinese communism & Confucianism.
On James Gillray: A Revolution in Satire, by Timothy Clayton.
On the media’s claims to infallibility.
On The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh.
On the pitfalls of the city’s reparations proposal.
On The New York Times’s reporting on the shooting in Nashville.
On the poet’s life & work.