also everything by freeman dyson is at least good fun, if not better
https://www.nybooks.com/search/?size=n_10_n&filters%5B0%5D%5Bfield%5D=author&filters%5B0%5D%5Bvalues%5D%5B0%5D=Freeman%20Dyson&filters%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=all
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Saturday, 24 October 2020 21:26 (three years ago) link
this was true of lots of people who wrote for the nyrb but most notable to me in dyson, perhaps because he lived so long -- the fucking ground they covered was just incredible. dyson would be like 'this one time i was having beers with niels bohr and enrico fermi . . .' yes please tell me everything about your personal interactions with a guy who won his nobel 90 years ago
― mookieproof, Saturday, 24 October 2020 21:58 (three years ago) link
Ha, I just dipped into his review of the James Gleick Newton biography and βWe knew that the fat young man was second in command to Sir Oswald Moseley in the British Union of Fascists, and if his friend Adolf had successfully invaded England he would probably have been our Gauleiter. Being well-brought-up English children, we listened to the fat young man politely and never showed him our contempt.When I was bringing in the harvest and listening to the fat young man, I did not know that he had been the owner of the Newton papers. I learned this two years later from the economist John Maynard Keynes.β
― circles, Saturday, 24 October 2020 23:17 (three years ago) link
Lmao perfect
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Saturday, 24 October 2020 23:38 (three years ago) link
lol
― mookieproof, Sunday, 25 October 2020 02:10 (three years ago) link
Even as a long-term fan, I was beginning to find Patricia Lockwood insufferable in the LRB, but her piece on Nabokov in the new issue is simply delightful.
― Piedie Gimbel, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 19:25 (three years ago) link
I ended up sorta logging boring reactions to my read of the Charles Rosen archive (with links to the relevant pieces)
Terrific piece on Burton and 17th century prose, time to chase protestants:https://t.co/tMURjGOVXR— non consumiamo marx (@xyzzzz__) October 26, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 13 November 2020 17:56 (three years ago) link
Are you still able to read NYRB pieces? For some reason I can't log on..
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 13 November 2020 17:57 (three years ago) link
Is it really the βNew York Review of Each Otherβs Booksβ?
short answer: yes
― mookieproof, Friday, 29 April 2022 01:44 (one year ago) link
Oh my God? https://t.co/cMhQTen7ne pic.twitter.com/7b8yYqnz7p— Brandon (@blgtylr) May 20, 2023
― mookieproof, Saturday, 20 May 2023 20:01 (eleven months ago) link
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― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 20 May 2023 20:14 (eleven months ago) link
Just a little fight.
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2011/12/22/defending-anthology/
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 25 April 2024 10:07 (fifty-seven minutes ago) link
Searched it after I saw that they made up hours before Vendler passed away.
What an extraordinary, touching and generous exchange between Rita Dove and the dying Helen Vendler, a great critic whose loss we mourn. pic.twitter.com/MSH8bbwceu— Ian Duhig FRSL (@ianduhig) April 24, 2024
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 25 April 2024 10:08 (fifty-six minutes ago) link
me and snrub when i die
― mark s, Thursday, 25 April 2024 10:18 (forty-six minutes ago) link