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About Me
- Jenny Davidson
- I have published four novels and four books of literary criticism; I'm currently at work on a book called FOR THE LOVE OF BROKEN THINGS: MY FATHER, EDWARD GIBBON AND THE RUINS OF ROME. I teach in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.
A few pieces
Books
My other blogs
Blog Archive
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2012
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January
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- Better late than never
- End-of-week update
- Signs of wear and tear
- Commitment strategies
- Simulacron-3
- "Oliver. North. Reagan."
- Air chrysalis
- Pap
- The folder of acclaim
- Wintersonic
- Mid-week update
- The view from the trenches
- Update
- The degree of tumescence
- How to Keep Rabbits for Profit and Pleasure
- "Winter is coming"
- Endurance
- Serendipity, research
- Morningside redux
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January
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I'm astounded, but will remark that "the most convincing style possible" struck me as a pun and sent me to the OED, where I found "style" defined as "an instrument ... used as a weapon of offence."
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