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Abandoning Lasch Christopher Lasch skillfully diagnoses the symptoms of capitalism, but his history is more romantic than robust.

From the Archives: Julian Assele (@catholicclod.bsky.social) on Republicanism, Labor, and the Ruins of American Expansion. https://www.athwart.org/abandoning-christopher-lasch-elites-labor-republican/

18.07.2023 19:42 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

One of my favorite things I’ve written, tracing the image of the Pleiades through the mythology of Greek and Navajo culture, in the Book of Job, and poetry from Imru Al-Qais to Walt Whitman. Give it a read!

06.07.2023 18:52 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Stop, Friends, Let Us Weep - Majuscule On Seeing the Stars Anew It is hard to imagine that our sense of wonder and possibility hasn’t been neutered and obscured by the continued dimming of celestial bodies by artificial light. Where once...

On seeing the stars anew: “Stop, friends, let us weep.” https://majusculelit.com/stop-friends-let-us-weep/

06.07.2023 18:49 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Postmodernist Photography On Douglas Crimp and Pictures: "Photography may have been invented in 1839, but it was only discovered in the 1970s

Gabriele previously wrote for us on Douglas Crimp and his 1977 Pictures Exhibit https://www.athwart.org/postmodernist-photography-douglas-crimp-and-the-1977-pictures-exhibition/

17.07.2023 21:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

With a beautiful epigraph thanks to Dana Gioia https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/54649/pity-the-beautiful

17.07.2023 21:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Close-up on Sunset Boulevard The Timeless Glamor of Tilda Swanson: "Pity the beautiful..."

"Close-up on Sunset Boulevard: The Timeless Glamor of Gloria Swanson" by Gabriele Sartoris https://www.athwart.org/close-up-on-sunset-boulevard-gloria-swanson-glamor/

17.07.2023 21:28 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

On Nemesius of Emesa The Lost Architect of the Human Condition

Henry Hopwood-Phillips on Nemesius of Emesa—"The Lost Architect of the Human Condition" https://www.athwart.org/nemesius-emesa-lost-architect-of-the-human-condition/

17.07.2023 19:56 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0