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Journalism Is Not a Luxury: I agree with the sentiment of the title but I don’t feel like the content had that message come across. Instead, this felt partially like a love letter to reading and writing, the ability to ask questions of people and synthesize their answers into a coherent narrative for one’s self. I liked it but it didn’t do much for me.
— Feb 19, 2026 08:07AM
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Okay I didn’t really vibe with On Pharaohs j not because I didn’t like it but because it didn’t really do anything for me. But Bearing the Flaming Cross? Yes. Please. Give me more like this one!! The essay felt very real and also very connected things that I have experienced, for good or bad, in the US. Also looooved how he called his books his children.
— Feb 25, 2026 03:22PM
