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De-transcendence, baby

Our political-aesthetic problem

May 12 •

The Clod and the Cloud

Techno-optimism and its discontents; or, a brief memoir of my time in Silicon Valley.

Apr 18 •

Against the Rapture States

Finding the future in my past, with thoughts on Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor's "The Rise of End Times Fascism."

Apr 13 •

Introducing The Fortnightly Review

Welcome to the new New Series

Feb 26 •

The Adorable Weakness of James Schuyler

Against the vibe shift

Jan 29 •

Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Reading the modernists in calamitous times

Jan 10 •

Once in a lifetime

What 2025 may bring

Jan 2 •

The Trip to Poetry

Travels with Steve and Rob, and Wordsworth and Coleridge, oh my.

Dec 2, 2024 •

Ironic points of light

Saturday's tea leaves, Ozymandias-style.

Nov 16, 2024 •

November 6, 2024

Nov 6, 2024 •

Amok Time and Time Regained

A sort of manifesto. Come plow the riches of my Emersonian mind!

Oct 13, 2024 •

The only winning move is not to play, or: Preferring not to with Herman Melville and Matthew Broderick.

Sep 6, 2024 •

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