essays & musings about literature, film, and art from a literature phd, plus a book club for close readers
phd in modernist literature, crewneck sweatshirts, nora ephron movies, cats sleeping, too many em-dashes, iced americanos, poetry books — and a book club where we closely read the classics together
The number of free subscribers for Closely Reading over time since it was added to the directory.
Book reviews, thematic literary analysis, and cultural commentary to help you thoughtfully engage with the world.
Musings on natural history, science, history, philosophy, and art. A polymath's journal. Once upon a time, I was in grad school tinkering with proteins.