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The Use and Abuse of Joan Didion

Authors and their entire bodies of work can be encapsulated in fragments: a few underlined sentences from their books endlessly reposted on Instagram, influencers flaunting book covers on the beach, photographs of authors appearing lost in melancholy—or best of all, smoking—making rounds on the Internet.

— Henry Reichman
4d ago

The moment one learns English, complications set in. As soon as we have learned to read, we begin, almost inevitably, to read the kind of thing we had already decided to enjoy. The reading of newspapers and popular novels—anything, in short, which has an immediate appeal—goes on at such a pace, and fills the hours so completely, that we have no leisure to feel bored.

1w ago
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The Fantastic Nicknames of Jazz

If you're a jazz fan, see how many of the nicknames in the poem below you can identify. And even if you're not a jazz fan, keep reading—you will still enjoy this.

2w ago
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Four Steps to Hell

Record labels and movie studios have always sought profit—but not long ago they also sought prophets. So when talent scout John Hammond signed Bob Dylan at age 20) or Bruce Springsteen (at age 23) or even earlier launched the recording career of Billie Holiday (at age 17), he obviously wanted his employer Columbia Records to make money. But that was secondary—his real goal was promoting artistry and boosting talent.

1mo ago
whyisthisinteresting
The Saturday Selection, Vol. 96

From art to religion to sex, instrumentalisation has drained away intrinsic value. But life is about more than material benefits.

2mo ago

The poets make all the words, and therefore language is the indelible record of mankind's being.

2mo ago
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Who Can I Dance With?

It lingered only at private gatherings, where people would move their bodies in ways that barely resembled dance—rigid, mechanical, almost comical.

2mo ago

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