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6 out of 10
Has anyone reread the title essay lately? It's a party anecdote with a thesis stapled on. The Woolf piece and the one about disappearance are the actual book, and nobody quotes those, which tells you how we read collections.
by@mx_marginaliaWritten 25 March 2026Read 25 March 2026
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