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Freud, Alec Guinness, John Le Carré and retaining a sense of play

Freud, from “Creative Writers and Day-Dreaming”: Should we not look for the first traces of imaginative activity as early as in childhood? The child’s…

Apr 19 •

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"...she seemed to have been briefly cleaved from the princess telephone on which one French-manicured hand has been resting since 2006."

Apr 6 •

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Get in my face, Daddy, and I'll mess it up

Title courtesy of Dusty "The American Dream" Rhodes. Text by Gordon S. Wood

Mar 31 •

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Too much college

A household of three at the U of C

Mar 30 •

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The Driving Force of History and of Velodrome Racing

Thymos, megalothymia, and insanely hard bike rides for fun

Feb 23 •

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Write As If Your Uncles Are Dead

Written April 1, 2016

Nov 4, 2022 •

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Teach Me How to Huggy

Written March 18, 2015

Nov 4, 2022 •

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Notes on Crickets

Written August 17, 2020

Nov 4, 2022 •

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These Things I Believe

These Things I Believe

Culture, Criticism, and Pork Shoulder Thought Leadership.

These Things I Believe

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