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The Movement Mentality
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/01/opinio...ality.html

What happened to breaking ranks? Thinkers have grown wary of movements. They prefer to be parties of one. Intellectual life has become atomized...



In Praise of Asymmetry
https://literaryreview.co.uk/in-praise-of-asymmetry

The manuscript of William Empson's "The Face of the Buddha" was thought to have vanished in a taxi in 1947. It's been found, and it's tremendous...



I want my wings
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v38/n05/andrew-ohag...t-my-wings

The men who built Hollywood. They made millions, created scandals, and, for the most part, ruined their kids. A story of children and childish adults...



‘Charlotte Brontë: A Fiery Heart’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertain...story.html

The story of the Brontë sisters is that of women with time. Isolated by geography, a needy father, and a drug-addled brother, they wrote constantly...