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Gothic literature of the American South

Almost as scandalously humid as the weather in Truman Capote’s first novel was the jacket photograph of the author on his divan, in his bangs. More credit than he has received from history should go to the photographer, Harold Halma.
June 11, 2021June 11, 2021 jonathanmorse
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To trace the visionary company of love

June 6, 2021 jonathanmorse
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Policy intellectual

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June 7, 2020June 7, 2020 jonathanmorse
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Portrait with discus

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Edward S. Hart, “U.S.S. Nahant, the ship’s mascots,” about 1898. Detroit Publishing Company Collection, Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/det/item/2016806942/

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April 17, 2020April 17, 2020 jonathanmorse
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Why has not man a microscopic eye?

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But you don’t want to look up the next line from the Essay on Man.

March 28, 2020March 28, 2020 jonathanmorse
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Statesman

January 19, 2020 jonathanmorse
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He looks in the mirror and approvingly sings to his image, “Очи Чёрные”

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December 7, 2019December 7, 2019 jonathanmorse
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In the studio’s waiting room they read “The Last Days of Pompeii”

This is the chapter of their archaeology.

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This is their artifact. The event occurred at some time between February 1894 and February 1901. The woman’s name was apparently Emmons.

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This is they.

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December 7, 2019December 7, 2019 jonathanmorse
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Mere life is wonder enough

November 10, 2019November 11, 2019 jonathanmorse
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Mr. Chandoha, may I introduce Mr. Karsh and his sitter?

October 22, 2019October 22, 2019 jonathanmorse
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