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The poet W. H. Auden once wrote, “When one thinks of the attention that a great poem demands, there is something frivolous about the notion of spending every day with one. Masterpieces should be kept for High Holidays of the Spirit”—for our own personal Christmases and Easters, not for any old Wednesday.
The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
Alan Jacobs
Over-consumption is built into our institutions—and the low price tag of a new gadget or stay at an all-inclusive resort hardly represents its true environmental impact.
Overconsumption Is Killing the Planet. What Can We Do?
Richa Syal
Pain rolled off him like rain from a slate roof.
The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead
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