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Paul Ehrlich
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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
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
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
The Master and Mikhail Bulgakov

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The Master and Mikhail Bulgakov
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October 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The Pleasures of Reading Laszlo Krasznahorkai, Master of Doom
#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 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
October 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
'An unmistakable stab at the USSR': Could Amadeus be the most misunderstood Oscar winner ever?
#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
A DAY LIKE ANY OTHER: THE LIFE OF JAMES SCHUYLER
#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
Laszlo Krasznahorkai Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
​The prize committee said the Hungarian writer’s work “reaffirms the power of art.”
October 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The Boundless Deep by Richard Holmes – wild times with young Tennyson
#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 Benefits of Buying Books You’ll Probably Never Read
#books
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The Benefits of Buying Books You'll Probably Never Read
Confused? Get to know the Japanese philosophy of "tsundoku."
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October 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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
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
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
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
In Search of Gertrude Stein:
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
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