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Eliot and violence, right-wing Oxfordians, finding time, Beethovens DNA , and more.Open in app or onlineSaturday LinksT.Eliot and violence, right-wing Oxfordians, finding time, Beethovens DNA , and more.Micah MattixMar 25SaveListenKarl Joseph Stieler, Ludwig van Beethoven (1820).Image via Wikimedia

Also: Charles Portiss life and work, John OHara today, and more.Open in app or onlineThere Will Be Blood at 15Also: Charles Portiss life and work, John OHara today, and more.Micah MattixMar 22SaveListenDaniel Day-Lewis and Paul Thomas Anderson on the set of There Will Be Blood (2007).Last year marke

Also: The problem with cute dogs, conquering Normans, the first horseback riders, and more.Open in app or onlineThe Poetry of "First Things"Also: The problem with cute dogs, conquering Normans, the first horseback riders, and more.Micah MattixMar 15PreviewSaveAbout two years ago, while I was cycling

Also: The end of the BBC Singers, Gravitys Rainbow at 50, in praise of bad movies, and more.Open in app or onlineDavid Chipperfields Approach to ArchitectureAlso: The end of the BBC Singers, Gravitys Rainbow at 50, in praise of bad movies, and more.Micah MattixMar 8PreviewSaveImage via David Chipper

Also: The rise and fall of Carlos Castaneda, Saudi Arabias art scene, and more.Open in app or onlineAgainst Equity LanguageAlso: The rise and fall of Carlos Castaneda, Saudi Arabias art scene, and more.Micah MattixMar 6PreviewSaveRussian samizdat and photo negatives of unofficial literature in the U

Also: A first edition "Life of Samuel Johnson," a medieval Deesis, and more.Open in app or onlineNationalism and the Decline of English StudiesAlso: A first edition "Life of Samuel Johnson," a medieval Deesis, and more.Micah MattixMar 1SaveListenCharles Osgood, Portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne (1840)

Also: ChatGPT stops a science fiction magazine from accepting submissions, Christian Lorentzen reports on publishing today, and more.Open in app or onlineMusical PaintingsAlso: ChatGPT stops a science fiction magazine from accepting submissions, Christian Lorentzen reports on publishing today, and m

Also: Editing Roald Dahl, selling the oldest copy of the Hebrew Bible, and more.Open in app or onlineCormac McCarthys StyleAlso: Editing Roald Dahl, selling the oldest copy of the Hebrew Bible, and more.Micah MattixFeb 20SaveListenThis weekend we had Michael Crews out to the house to talk about Corm

Also: A medieval pantry, the murder of Pablo Neruda, Mikhail Bulgakovs masterpiece, and more.Open in app or onlineThe Stranglehold of RelevanceAlso: A medieval pantry, the murder of Pablo Neruda, Mikhail Bulgakovs masterpiece, and more.Micah MattixFeb 15PreviewSaveBanksy wall graffiti in Bethlehem.P

Also: "Black SabbathThe Ballet," a new translation of Alessandro Manzonis "The Betrothed," life as a chef in Antarctica, and more.Open in app or onlineFirst LinesAlso: "Black SabbathThe Ballet," a new translation of Alessandro Manzonis "The Betrothed," life as a chef in Antarctica, and more.Micah Ma

Also: A 4,000-year-old mummy in Egypt, the history of the largest oil painting in the world, and more.Open in app or onlineIn Praise of Prickly ProfessorsAlso: A 4,000-year-old mummy in Egypt, the history of the largest oil painting in the world, and more.Micah MattixFeb 6PreviewSaveWorkshop of Remb

Also: A history of the pipe organ, the end of the car, and more.Open in app or onlineIs It Morally Bankrupt to Never Read Books.Also: A history of the pipe organ, the end of the car, and more.Micah MattixFeb 1PreviewSaveGerard ter Borch, The Reading Lesson (1642).Image via Wikimedia Commons.In The A

Also: The world's oldest runestone, the forgotten existentialist, and more.Open in app or onlineChildlike ReadingAlso: The world's oldest runestone, the forgotten existentialist, and more.Micah MattixJan 23PreviewSaveGeorge Agnew Reid, Forbidden Fruit (1889).Image via Wikimedia Commons.Coreys review

Also: The writer who faked her death, heirloom seeds in South Carolina, and more.Open in app or onlineMichel Houellebecq on EuthanasiaAlso: The writer who faked her death, heirloom seeds in South Carolina, and more.Micah MattixJan 18PreviewSavedouard Manet, The Suicide (c.Image via In Harpers, the F

Also: In praise of plastic, a history of Londons fishmongers, and more.Open in app or onlineThe Real Problem with New MLK StatueAlso: In praise of plastic, a history of Londons fishmongers, and more.Micah MattixJan 16SaveListenVia Embrace BostonEditors note: Prufrock will now be published every Mond

Also: Roman London, medieval homes, a history of pasta, and more.Open in app or onlineAn Unconvincing Defense of Just Stop Oil Also: Roman London, medieval homes, a history of pasta, and more.Micah MattixJan 7PreviewSaveImage via Wikimedia Commons.Peter Singer offers a defense of kids throwing tomat

Also: A history of Mormon architecture, Christian Wiman in the madhouse, and more.Open in app or onlineThis Is Not a Most Anticipated Book ListAlso: A history of Mormon architecture, Christian Wiman in the madhouse, and more.Micah MattixDec 28SaveListenAdam Bernaert, Vanitas (c.Image via Wikimedia C

Also: A history of hooch, the worlds best ruined places, and more.Open in app or onlineHome for the HolidaysAlso: A history of hooch, the worlds best ruined places, and more.Micah MattixDec 14SaveListenChteau-d'Oex, Switzerland.Photo via Wikimedia Commons.My wife and I are headed to Switzerland toda

Also: Is England for the English.Is Chateaubriand worth reading.Open in app or onlineBad WritingAlso: Is England for the English.Is Chateaubriand worth reading.Micah MattixDec 3SaveListenDetail from Jan Brueghel the Youngers Allegory of the Tulipomania (c.Last November, the British music critic Tim

Also: The problem with Jeffersons Bible, Michael Oakeshott explained, and more.Open in app or onlineBook PartiesAlso: The problem with Jeffersons Bible, Michael Oakeshott explained, and more.Micah MattixNov 12PreviewSaveI am running a little late this morning because we had friends over last night f

Also: The annihilation of the Gododdin, woke aesthetics, and more.Open in app or onlineFrank O'Hara's ComplexityAlso: The annihilation of the Gododdin, woke aesthetics, and more.Micah MattixNov 9SaveListenFairfield Porter, Frank OHara (1957), oil on canvas.Photo via Wikimedia Commons.In the London R

Also: A robot addresses the House of Lords, the letters of John le Carr, and more.Open in appWalking in FischbachAlso: A robot addresses the House of Lords, the letters of John le Carr, and more.Micah MattixOct 19SaveI am in Fischbach, on the shores of Lake Constance, visiting my daughter with my wi

Also: Baseball books, Geoff Shullenberger goes to Urbit, and more.Open in appReading for FunAlso: Baseball books, Geoff Shullenberger goes to Urbit, and more.Micah MattixOct 8SAVELon Bakst, Portrait of Alexander Benua (1898), via Wikimedia CommonsPeople sometimes ask me what I read for fun.I never k

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