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Chien-yi died a few days later. They had barely spoken since; she had no energy to speak, and then she was too ill to sit up. She went slowly, and then…
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“The heart wants what it wants” is a somewhat fraught thing to say on the internet because people think it’s a Woody Allen quote. It isn’t; it’s an Emi…
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which I acknowledge is not particularly newsworthy
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The audio clip at the beginning of this song - a gem from the last gasp of Madonna’s relevance as a pop star - comes from the film adaptation of The Ce…
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Well, I teased this a long time ago, and I appreciate your patience. I’m happy to announced that I’m running a book review contest for paying subscribe…
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a free speech warrior by default, a mind that looks open in contrast
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the twenty-first digest post
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I quite liked this essay by Dorian Lynskey on the decline of negative criticism. His discussion of the abuse that follows any bad review, and particula…
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The healer said it was radiation poisoning, but Haojing knew only that her mother was dying. When she regained her senses, she had approached her mothe…
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and that doesn't really seem contrarian to me
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I am reprinting this essay here for the simple reason that I could not find it with many Google searches and felt that it should be publicly available …
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