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Tag: American Culture
25 August 2026
depicted: Ted Hughes. Harold Meltzer set him. Check out his Shakespeare book.
Fallout from the Death of Tragedy
–Armida, and what the tragic economy required–
TLDR: First corollary to the death of tragedy is that essentializing is not …
1 August 2026
What Happened to the Cult of the Small?
or
Who Cares if You Sell Magazines?
Wm. Kentner Anderson
There remains a cult of the small in the US, and its predicament is a limpid encapsulation of the pathologies or our time, the pathologies of the …
5 March 2026
What ails thee, uncle?
Don’t ask AI about political qauestions, but about other things, AI can be charming. Here, my reading of Beerbohm was already largely in accord with the agglomerator’s. I just like the leg up because I don’t …
