Polyphemus: A Sonnet

sympathy for the Cyclops

Jul 31 • Ramya Yandava

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Christopher Nolan's Odd-yssey

Nolan tells Homer's old story for our modern times. But does he succeed?

Jul 17 • Ramya Yandava

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America in Review

the barbaric yawp heard round the world

Jul 4 • Ramya Yandava

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June 2026

Summertime Strangeness

and a suspicion of sun

Jun 26 • Ramya Yandava

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May 2026

A Wild, Wick Slip

a new biography of Emily Brontë

May 15 • Ramya Yandava

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7

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February 2026

Friday Frivolity no. 37: On Clouds

Our souls are clouds

Feb 28 • Ramya Yandava

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Emerald Fennell made me feel like an “abject reptile” on my wedding anniversary

Suffering Hill

Feb 16 • Ramya Yandava

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7

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Stop adapting only half of Wuthering Heights.

Why the second generation matters

Feb 14 • Ramya Yandava

21

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January 2026

2025 Alphabetical Diary

with apologies (again) to Sheila Heti

Jan 3 • Ramya Yandava

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November 2025

Books That Feel Like Home

on "Anne of Green Gables"

Nov 15, 2025 • Ramya Yandava

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October 2025

Everyone Is Nostalgic and No One Is in Love

On not seeing the present for the past

Oct 31, 2025 • Ramya Yandava

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The Garden of Edie

"Grey Gardens" at 50

Oct 4, 2025 • Ramya Yandava

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