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Why I’m launching The Library of Babel
Hello to all you potential Babylonians. Start here to figure out what this newsletter is all about
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Exploring the Two Types of Magic in Magical Realism
It might be time for critics to acknowledge that magical Realism is a subgenre of fantasy
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The Man Who Collected all the Legends of the Jews
The Library of Babel is an email newsletter exploring the wonders of literature, history and magic.
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We Need to Consider the Fact That Ancient Greece Never Existed
Then Why Do We Insist on Speaking About Ancient Greece? Because the Ancient Greeks Did.
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The Greek Muse and the End of Biblical Prophecy
While the ancient Greek poets called upon the Muse for inspiration, the Jewish sages heard God's word in their sacred texts
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Episode 9: Brian Boyd on "Lolita" and Vladimir Nabokov
It's not every day that I get to speak with a world-renowned expert on Nabokov and his work.
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Napoleon's Favorite Poet was Actually a Sophisticated Literary Hoax
How did the future Emperor of the French come to consider Ossian, the enigmatic ancient bard of the Celts, as a superior and more heroic figure than…
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For J.R.R. Tolkien, It Was Always About Writing the Perfect Fairy Tale
"Faerie cannot be caught in a net of words; for it is one of its qualities to be indescribable, though not imperceptible."
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