Essayist


Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present
The Year of Magical Thinking
How to Be Alone
Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
Men Explain Things to Me
Themes and Variations
Something Ere The End
The Eye in the Text: Essays on Perception, Mannerist to Modern (Princeton Essays on the Arts)
Neurological Anatomy in Relation to Clinical Medicine
An Omelette and a Glass of Wine (The Cook's Classic Library)
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
Bad Feminist
George Orwell
... here I draw attention to one very widespread controversial habit—disregard of an opponent’s motives. The key-word here is “objectively.” We are told that it is only people’s objective actions that matter, and their subjective feelings are of no importance. Thus, pacifists, by obstructing the war effort, are “objectively” aiding the Nazis: and therefore the fact that they may be personally hostile to Fascism is irrelevant. I have been guilty of saying this myself more than once
George Orwell, As I Please: 1943-1945

The mythic resonance gleaned from stories exploring the infinite permutations of the human condition saturates the universal stream of consciousness, creating an interlinked constellation of our imbued voices trilling the full range of human feeling and experience.
Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

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