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Lazy and Stupid Stereotypes
On Michael Lewis, unsung heroes, and AI teachers.
The World Beyond Your Head
Efforts to personalise all the settings on our lives make us lonelier and more narcissistic than ever — but reading can help.
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"Art of Conversation" is Dead — Long Live "Volumes."
I'm rebranding this project — here's what will change and what remains the same.
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The Habit of Being a Person
A bonus essay on being forced to slow down, what nostalgia smells like, and why we should keep writing letters.
Vivian Gornick: On Writing Letters
How to resist cultural decline without giving in to pessimism.
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Matthew Morgan
Love as a Moral Challenge
On Truman Capote's wistful novella, "Breakfast at Tiffany's".
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"Klara and the Sun": On Friendship and Being Seen
On Kazuo Ishiguro's AI novel, the existence of the soul, and what makes for a great friendship.
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April 2025

Be Wrong in the Right Direction
On optimism, a new project, and "The Legend of Ochi".
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The Rewards of Difficult Books
On Dante's "Inferno" and what it can teach us about the pleasures and rewards of reading challenging books.
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Escaping McFate
A bonus essay on Nabokov, imagination, and the meaning of "upsilamba".
Azar Nafisi: The Magic of Fiction
On the transformative power of literature and the meaning of "upsilamba".
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Disappointed by "The Bell Jar"
A bonus essay on "Easter-egg hunts" in fiction and what I really think of Plath's only novel.
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