Where Dreams Come TrueThe national conservatives convened once again on the first weekend of November, a year after Trump lost reelection—this time far from the White House, in the COVID-contrary free state of Florida. The inaugural summit was in a Ritz-Carlton near the throbbing heart of power, the entire affair suffused with the thrill of victory: this year, it was at a Hilton near SeaWorld.
CareerismThe gig economy sucks and capitalism sucks and Twitter sucks and nepotism and schmoozing suck, so it makes sense that the fiction and cultural criticism that resonate with us reflect this experience of dissatisfaction. But … all this writing risks merely adding the experience of reading and writing to this long list of things that suck.
Roden CraterWorries bend to wonder. One moves through desiccated irony and a few justified doubts to say, without losing face, that Turrell’s art is the stuff of dreams.
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