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Benjamin, video, party
Dear Reader, Good afternoon from Portbou. I’ve spent the past few days following Walter Benjamin’s path through the Pyrenees from Banyuls-sur-Mer to Portbou. I shared some of the path here. And here is a photo of Dani Karavan’s memorial for Benjamin in Portbou.
May 29
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The Artist in Isolation
A conversation
May 11
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Summer Reading
Dear Reader, Summer is upon us! The school year is over, so it’s time to start reading. Over the years many people have written to ask me where they could find all of Hannah Arendt’s teaching syllabuses. They are housed in the Library of Congress in Washington, DC in her teaching…
Jun 12
7
DH Lawrence, Classes, Events
Dear Reader, Hello from Taos, New Mexico. Last week I made it through Kansas, Colorado, and finally arrived in Taos a day ago. Here’s a photo I took of Pike’s Peak. I wish the new Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma was open. I would have swung down from Kansas. Still tempted…
May 8
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Writing routines
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What Remains
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80 years ago
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Political theory
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On evil
5
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The Banality of Evil at 60
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Vita Activa, loneliness, walks
Dear Reader, It’s Wednesday. And it has been a busy week. I left Upstate New York and began a month long research trip for my book on loneliness that…
Apr 27
6
Desk, Home, Arendt
Dear Reader, For the past six years my desk has faced this window. And today, with the help of some very good people, I packed it up and stored it away…
Apr 10
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Walter Benjamin at the Seder Table
April 6th at 7pm
Apr 5
4
Libraries, Walks, Classes
Dear Reader, It is Sunday again. The peepers are singing in the woods, and I am packing my library. If you’ve never read Walter Benjamin’s essay…
Apr 3
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Event, Origins, Photos
Dear Reader, Happy Wednesday from Washington, DC! I’m in town for an event tonight with the German journalist Mohamed Amjahid as part of the Thinking is…
Mar 30
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Loneliness, Arendt Poems, Readings
Dear Reader, I spent the first half of the week in Valparaiso, Indiana talking about loneliness, and the second half of the week finishing up The…
Mar 27
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Friendship
Dear Reader, I have a special essay to share with you this week. For Thinking is Dangerous, novelist Madeleine Thien reflects on “The Many Friendships…
Mar 23
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Spring, Walks, Talks
Dear Reader, Happy spring! Finally, winter is gone. Here’s a picture of Hannah Arendt enjoying some sun. And a bit of Emily Dickinson: "A Light exists…
Mar 20
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Writing routines
17
5
What Remains
12
4
80 years ago
17
4
Political theory
9
1
On evil
5
2
The Banality of Evil at 60
13
6
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