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If Beale Street Could Talk
Read more: If Beale Street Could TalkYesterday morning there was a man in the lobby of my office building talking into his phone at an obscene volume. As we rode up in the elevator together – four or five of us – it became obvious that he was not like the rest of us and did not want to be. He…
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Henry James, Student of Nature
Read more: Henry James, Student of Nature“Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost.” Henry James I recently finished The Princess Casamassima by Henry James and wanted to write a post about his style of writing but soon realized it would take at least two – one on his powers of observation and the other on his…
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The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
Read more: The Air-Conditioned Nightmare“We are accustomed to think of ourselves as emancipated people; we say that we are democratic, liberty-loving, free of prejudices and hatred. This is the melting-pot, the seat of a great human experiment. Beautiful words, full of noble idealistic sentiment. Actually we are a vulgar, pushing mob whose passions are easily mobilized by demagogues, newspaper…
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