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Monday, August 03, 2026

Missing?

Patrick Kurp, "You Want to Be Immortal? Disappear," Anecdotal Evidence (August 3, 2-26):

What has disappeared? Ambrose Bierce, Weldon Kees, Jimmy Hoffa. Aristotle s second book of Politics, three-decker novels, rhupunts. Typewriters, payphones, civility.

Perhaps he meant Poetics instead of Politics.

Hat tip: Eric Thomson.

Michael Gilleland at 5:58 PM

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