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12/04/2023

Mother’s Ruin

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11/13/2023

In Search of Proust’s Genius 

by sheldon3823

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11/09/2023

True at First Flight

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11/02/2023

Dysmorphia, Degenerate Art, and the Dormancy of Toxic Thoughts

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10/30/2023

Tree Knocks and T-Shirts

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10/16/2023

No Way to Bresson

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10/12/2023

What is Not Imaginable

On Poetry and Parenting

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09/18/2023

In The Case Of A Failing Friendship, Don’t Settle — Break Up

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09/11/2023

Appetite versus Appreciation

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08/31/2023

Agatha Christie Redux

Unpacking the Complicated Legacy of the Queen of Crime

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