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The Map Is Not the Place
On crying at weddings, ineffable experiences, and confusing the map for the territory.
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Matthew Morgan
"Catch-22": Winning With Words
On Joseph Heller's chaotic comedy, "Catch-22", and how language can be a cage or a key.
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Matthew Morgan
Beauty in the Broken
How fractures reveal beauty and can make us "strong in the broken places".
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Matthew Morgan
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Re-watching "The Farewell"
In the latest edition of the Double Take series, I re-watch Lulu Wang's 2019 film, "The Farewell", and look for answers to a philosophical puzzle.
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Matthew Morgan

September 2024

"Cat's Cradle": Man Cannot Live on Truth Alone
On Kurt Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle" and a reckoning with the twentieth century.
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Matthew Morgan
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What Comes Next?
Can we predict how the digital revolution we're living through will change culture? And can the history of books offer solace to those worrying about…
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Matthew Morgan
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"Bonjour Tristesse": A Moral Chess Board
On Françoise Sagan's novel "Bonjour Tristesse", and how moral failings either break your ethics or fracture your identity.
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Matthew Morgan
Ordinary Heroism
On suburban saints and kindness as a superpower.
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Matthew Morgan

August 2024

Re-watching "The Fountain"
In the latest edition of the series, I re-watch Darren Aronofsky's 2006 film, "The Fountain", and discover much more than a mere puzzle to be solved.
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Matthew Morgan
Put Your Desk in the Corner
A trip to the beach inspires an examination of what we put at the centre of our lives.
"This House of Grief": True Crime On Trial
On Helen Garner's poignant exploration of the “excruciating realms of human behaviour, where reason fights to gain a purchase, and everyone feels…
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Matthew Morgan
What To Do With the Time You Have (Left)
If you knew how long you had left to live, what books would you read and what films would you watch with that time? I ran the numbers on that question.
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