David Sessions

Finished Middlemarch this weekend. There’s classic books you have to learn to appreciate, and then only somewhat abstractly, and then there are the ones that are just immediately, obviously great. And then there’s Middlemarch, which is somehow transcendent on almost every page.

In fact we know perfectly well *how* to cover someone like Trump: instead of reporting the outrageous shit he SAYS (which is easy & generates lots of clicks) journalists need to do shoe-leather investigations into what his administration actually DOES.

The problem is that this is hard, low-ROI work

Body, Wife, Boys and Truth Reading Foucault's 'The History of Sexuality,' Part I.

In the first part of my series on “The History of Sexuality”: Socrates vs. femme twinks, Christians and elephant sex, and, of course, a bit of moral philosophy. www.hdavidsessions.com/p/foucault-h...

Body, Wife, Boys and Truth Reading Foucault's 'The History of Sexuality,' Part I.

In the first part of my series on “The History of Sexuality”: Socrates vs. femme twinks, Christians and elephant sex, and, of course, a bit of moral philosophy. www.hdavidsessions.com/p/foucault-h...

Reading Foucault's "History of Sexuality" An introduction.

Excited to get started on this new series reading through Foucault's "History of Sexuality," which is already a blast. www.hdavidsessions.com/p/reading-fo...

Reading Foucault's "History of Sexuality" An introduction.

Excited to get started on this new series reading through Foucault's "History of Sexuality," which is already a blast. www.hdavidsessions.com/p/reading-fo...

If it is lightly raining I think one is justified in being so demoralized as to need to skip the gym. If, however, it is raining cartoonishly hard for many hours, then it is too ridiculous not to go anyway

The First Draft of the Future Emily Witt’s journeys through the fragments of the end of history.

I wrote about Emily Witt's books "Future Sex" and "Health and Safety," and her search "for a higher principle of life than mere contentment."

davidsess.substack.com/p/the-first-...

“Like every moral panic, cancel culture skirmishes thrive on contradictory impulses: incuriosity regarding accuracy coupled with intense, even prurient interest in perceived violations of norms; presumptive familiarity cut with historical amnesia.”

The Discontents of Michel Houellebecq What happened to the French novelist?

My review of Michel Houellebecq’s latest novel (and more!) in the December issue of @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/cult...

Y’all realize he canceled the endorsement out of support for Gaza? He’s just a weird guy!

Hi everyone! This is the introduction skeet. I’m a fiction writer and book editor at HarperCollins. Here’s a story I wrote that came out earlier this year in Sewanee Review. thesewaneereview.com/articles/404

The First Draft of the Future Emily Witt’s journeys through the fragments of the end of history.

I wrote about Emily Witt's books "Future Sex" and "Health and Safety," and her search "for a higher principle of life than mere contentment."

davidsess.substack.com/p/the-first-...

The First Draft of the Future Emily Witt’s journeys through the fragments of the end of history.

I wrote about Emily Witt's books "Future Sex" and "Health and Safety," and her search "for a higher principle of life than mere contentment."