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Gallantry and Didacticism

Franco Mormando on Bernini

Franco Mormando on Bernini

Kafka must end in the inexplicable…

Kafka must end in the inexplicable…

“Friendly”

‘The Cosmonaut Who Couldn’t Stop Smiling’ by Andrew Jenks

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‘The Cosmonaut Who Couldn’t Stop Smiling’ by Andrew Jenks

Ground

By turns Tolstoy played the aristocrat and the peasant, the literary genius and the holy fool…

By turns Tolstoy played the aristocrat and the peasant, the literary genius and the holy fool…

America’s Beethoven

America’s Beethoven

Cosima was Wagner’s wife, the one word Jessa Crispin hadn’t searched for…

Cosima was Wagner’s wife, the one word Jessa Crispin hadn’t searched for…

‘And So It Goes’ by Charles J. Shields

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‘And So It Goes’ by Charles J. Shields

Rimbaud’s Renunciation

Richard M. Cook on Alfred Kazin

Richard M. Cook on Alfred Kazin

X-Man

“The novel, you know”

‘Fire and Rain’ by David Browne

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‘Fire and Rain’ by David Browne

Judie Newman: Bellow & Trotsky

Judie Newman: Bellow & Trotsky

‘Gonzo’ by Will Bingley and Anthony Hope-Smith

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‘Gonzo’ by Will Bingley and Anthony Hope-Smith

Detroit Red

“That’s a dealbreaker!”

Babbage, Herschel, Whewell and Jones