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Great essay on a muscle I first really learned to flex as an English major, then kept at it because, well, it leads to a more fulfilling life.
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Close Reading Is For Everyone | Defector
In Sigrid Nunez’s 2018 novel The Friend, a famous writer kills himself. Not long before, he complains to the narrator about readers: “People talking about a book as if it were just another thing, like...