Archive - personal canon

annie ernaux fixed my disintegrating attention span

the (almost) definitive ranking of Ernaux's books ✦ everything I read in March, April, and May 2025

Jun 22 •

May 2025

no one told me about proust

on poptimism and literary snobs ✦ and why taste is cultivated through love, not education

May 31 •

in defense of san francisco's art scene

it's actually very easy to solve alienation, anomie, and the loneliness epidemic…just fund the arts more (and go to events more) ✦

May 13 •

March 2025

everything i read in february 2025

3 novels and 2 films on love, despair, and loss ✦ and how to read Hannah Arendt for the first time

Mar 11 •

February 2025

everything i read in january 2025

4 books on religion, health, work, art ✦

Feb 8 •

January 2025

on copying, technique and taste ✦ plus 6 close readings of great essay intros

Jan 26 •

December 2024

November 2024

don't deceive yourself

on delusional fantasies and self-respect ✦ feat. Elsa Morante, Didion, Flaubert and Tolstoy

Nov 15, 2024 •

everything i read in october 2024

the case for reading Flaubert, going to raves, emailing your crush, and losing control

Nov 1, 2024

October 2024

the divine discontent

perfection is impossible, but I'm chasing it anyway ✦ plus Flaubert, Proust, and that one Ira Glass quote

Oct 27, 2024 •

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