Paul Ehrlich
@paulehrlich.bsky.social
Freelance journalist back in Manhattan after many years based in Hong Kong and Bangkok.
Climbing ‘The Magic Mountain’ today—Thomas Mann’s novel is an antidote to nihilism
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Climbing ‘The Magic Mountain’ today
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October 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Climbing ‘The Magic Mountain’ today—Thomas Mann’s novel is an antidote to nihilism
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Newly released correspondence reveals how a strong bond developed between WH Auden and the sex worker who broke into his home.
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WH Auden formed ‘intense friendship’ with sex worker who burgled him, unseen letters reveal
Exclusive: The newly released correspondence reveals how a strong bond developed between the Funeral Blues poet and the sex worker who broke into his home
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October 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Newly released correspondence reveals how a strong bond developed between WH Auden and the sex worker who broke into his home.
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Although Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote with wildness and urgency, he patiently insisted on asking an essential question: What are we living for? By Karl Ove Knausgaard
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The Light of “The Brothers Karamazov”
Although Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote with wildness and urgency, he patiently insisted on asking an essential question: What are we living for?
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October 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Although Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote with wildness and urgency, he patiently insisted on asking an essential question: What are we living for? By Karl Ove Knausgaard
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The Rise and Fall of Hunter S Thompson
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The Rise and Fall of Hunter S. Thompson (Part 1 of 3)
Below is the first installment of my three-part essay on Hunter Thompson.
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October 18, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The Rise and Fall of Hunter S Thompson
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Books by László Krasznahorkai
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László Krasznahorkai
László Krasznahorkai (1954-) is a Hungarian novelist and screenwriter, born in Gyula near the border with Romania. In 2025, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature “for his compelling and visionary oeuvr...
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October 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Books by László Krasznahorkai
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The Pleasures of Reading Laszlo Krasznahorkai, Master of Doom
#books #nobleprize #literature
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#books #nobleprize #literature
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The Pleasures of Reading Laszlo Krasznahorkai, Master of Doom
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October 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The Pleasures of Reading Laszlo Krasznahorkai, Master of Doom
#books #nobleprize #literature
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#books #nobleprize #literature
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“The annals of the (Roman) emperors exhibit a strong and various picture of human nature…In the conduct of those monarchs we may trace the utmost lines of vice and virtue; the most exalted perfection, and the meanest degeneracy of our own species.”
—Edward Gibbon
—Edward Gibbon
October 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“The annals of the (Roman) emperors exhibit a strong and various picture of human nature…In the conduct of those monarchs we may trace the utmost lines of vice and virtue; the most exalted perfection, and the meanest degeneracy of our own species.”
—Edward Gibbon
—Edward Gibbon
'An unmistakable stab at the USSR': Could Amadeus be the most misunderstood Oscar winner ever?
#Mozart #movies
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#Mozart #movies
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'An unmistakable stab at the USSR': Could Amadeus be the most misunderstood Oscar winner ever?
Released 40 years ago this month, Miloš Forman's best picture-winning Amadeus is often accused of historical inaccuracies – but the film's critics could be missing the point.
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October 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
'An unmistakable stab at the USSR': Could Amadeus be the most misunderstood Oscar winner ever?
#Mozart #movies
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#Mozart #movies
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A DAY LIKE ANY OTHER: THE LIFE OF JAMES SCHUYLER
#poets #poetry #biography
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#poets #poetry #biography
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Hymn to a Life
A biography of poet James Schuyler
– Hannah Zeavin
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October 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
A DAY LIKE ANY OTHER: THE LIFE OF JAMES SCHUYLER
#poets #poetry #biography
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#poets #poetry #biography
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Laszlo Krasznahorkai Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
The prize committee said the Hungarian writer’s work “reaffirms the power of art.”
The prize committee said the Hungarian writer’s work “reaffirms the power of art.”
October 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Laszlo Krasznahorkai Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
The prize committee said the Hungarian writer’s work “reaffirms the power of art.”
The prize committee said the Hungarian writer’s work “reaffirms the power of art.”
The Boundless Deep by Richard Holmes – wild times with young Tennyson
#poet #poetrylovers #Biography
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#poet #poetrylovers #Biography
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The Boundless Deep by Richard Holmes review – wild times with young Tennyson
A masterful account of the poet’s early life during the tumultuous early 19th century crisis of faith
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October 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The Boundless Deep by Richard Holmes – wild times with young Tennyson
#poet #poetrylovers #Biography
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#poet #poetrylovers #Biography
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Ann Goldstein on Translating Elena Ferrante’s “Neapolitan Quartet”
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The Translator’s Voice — Ann Goldstein on Translating Elena Ferrante’s “Neapolitan Quartet” - Chicago Review of Books
The Translator’s Voice is a monthly column from Ian J. Battaglia here at the Chicago Review of Books, dedicated to global literature and the translators who work tirelessly and too often thanklessly t...
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October 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Ann Goldstein on Translating Elena Ferrante’s “Neapolitan Quartet”
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How Lee Miller’s photographs captured the horror of World War Two
#photography
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#photography
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'Lee Miller was the bravest person I ever knew': The pioneering photographer who captured the horror of World War Two
The unflinching gaze of the fearless US artist and war photographer bore witness to both beauty and brutality. Now she is the subject of a major exhibition at Tate Britain.
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October 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
How Lee Miller’s photographs captured the horror of World War Two
#photography
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#photography
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Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain, published a century ago, tells of a world unable to free itself from the cataclysm of war
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Under a Spell Everlasting - The American Scholar
Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain, published a century ago, tells of a world unable to free itself from the cataclysm of war
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October 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain, published a century ago, tells of a world unable to free itself from the cataclysm of war
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In a world of constant instability, these artists are testing the limits of endurance. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/t...
He Spent Weeks Crawling Around a Pile of Salt
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October 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
In a world of constant instability, these artists are testing the limits of endurance. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/t...
Salvador Dalí talks about his iconic, 'very aggressive' moustache
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Salvador Dalí talks about his iconic, 'very aggressive' moustache
In an exclusive BBC archive interview the Surrealist artist shared the secret behind the most famous moustache in the world.
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October 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Salvador Dalí talks about his iconic, 'very aggressive' moustache
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The Kafka Challenge: Translating the Inimitable
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The Kafka Challenge
The Kafkaesque lends itself to translation.
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October 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The Kafka Challenge: Translating the Inimitable
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In Search of Gertrude Stein:
The life and lasting influence of an American expat
#literature #books #biography
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The life and lasting influence of an American expat
#literature #books #biography
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In Search of Lost Stein
The life and lasting influence of an American expat – Ryan Ruby
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October 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
In Search of Gertrude Stein:
The life and lasting influence of an American expat
#literature #books #biography
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The life and lasting influence of an American expat
#literature #books #biography
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Richard Holmes, biographer of England’s great poets, reveals the secrets of inhabiting his subjects’ lives. #biography #poetrycommunity #poets www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
How Richard Holmes humanised Tennyson
The biographer of England’s great poets reveals the secrets of inhabiting his subjects’ lives
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October 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Richard Holmes, biographer of England’s great poets, reveals the secrets of inhabiting his subjects’ lives. #biography #poetrycommunity #poets www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
