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The Unclaimed Moment
Living with the internet is living with a memory machine.
Sep 16
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Patrick Nathan
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The Future of Criticism
They do, it turns out, build statues to critics.
Sep 9
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Patrick Nathan
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We're Back!
And so are paid subscriptions
Sep 5
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Patrick Nathan
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August 2025
Soul Searching (Reprise)
With its overtone of loss, nostalgia isn't homesickness, but time sickness.
Aug 14
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Patrick Nathan
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July 2025
L’Age de l’écran
The United States is probably the ur-example of what happens to a country when you use consumer technology to take society apart.
Jul 22
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Patrick Nathan
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June 2025
Pride and Paperbacks
and an excerpt from The Future Was Color
Jun 10
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Patrick Nathan
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Packing My Library
What I want from my shelves, as I pack them up, is criticism. Here are a few of my favorites.
Jun 3
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Patrick Nathan
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May 2025
Sentimental Materialism
When I was growing up, the zeitgeist said to fear and despise the office cubicle. Today, most people live in them.
May 6
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Patrick Nathan
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April 2025
A Century Later, Tom and Daisy Are Still Ruining Our Lives
There’s a sense in the novel that, unless we have the language for something, it’s not real and it has no future.
Apr 8
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Patrick Nathan
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Danny Maloney
33
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April Hates U
Eliot and I have at least one thing in common: Some people never get over being raised in the Midwest.
Apr 1
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Patrick Nathan
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March 2025
Art on the Run
Personally, I do not see myself in competition with Mark Zuckerberg’s computer.
Mar 25
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Patrick Nathan
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Enough Bullshit
Encountering this particular dialect of "officialese," we’re meant to lose faith in the possibility of politics altogether.
Mar 18
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Patrick Nathan
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