Archive - sincerely, in jest

I like it when the birds sing, because I couldn’t understand them if I tried

Mar 30 •

notes from the maze of convenience

Mar 6 •

December 2024

patterned integrity (III) — translation and experience

how do you choose a literary translation?

Dec 5, 2024 •

September 2024

listen to the voices

we are all talking and hearing so much + I interview Evan Ratliff, journalist and co-host of the (retired) Longform Podcast

Sep 26, 2024 •

August 2024

patterned integrity (II)

Zlatomir Fung’s Elgar Concerto; critics and creators; emotion as a service; scales and scale; a reaction to the reaction to the reaction to Sinykin

Aug 17, 2024 •

July 2024

the mythical Blums

Manuel and Lenore Blum via Parul Seghal, Peter Brooks, and Annie Ernaux

Jul 26, 2024 •

patterned integrity (I)

after Kenner's "Knot and Vortex"

Jul 13, 2024 •

June 2024

what interviews can do

notes towards a theory of the Max Linsky Interview

Jun 25, 2024 •

May 2024

the maestro and the mythmaker

symphonies and stories

May 24, 2024 •

April 2024

of me, of you, of no one

Apr 27, 2024 •

March 2024

there is no alphabet here

Lessons from "The Chinese Typewriter"

Mar 18, 2024 •

January 2024

Jan 18, 2024 •

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