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Dear Diary, I Followed The Latest Irish Political Story And Immediately Reached For A Century Old Parallel – Some habits of mind simply refuse to separate the present from its literary echoes
Dear Diary, I Finally Finished The Biography I Have Been Reading Since Spring – A slow, careful book about a fascinating life finally reaches its final page
Dear Diary, A Student Asked Me Why Any Of This Old Literature Still Matters And I Actually Had To Think – A genuinely good question deserves a genuinely considered answer rather than a rehearsed one
Dear Diary, I Found A Genuinely Obscure Literary Reference Hidden In Today’s News Coverage – Sometimes the past sneaks into the present in ways nobody else seems to notice
Dear Diary, I Argued About Modernist Punctuation At A Book Club And Won On A Technicality – Some literary debates hinge on details nobody else in the room actually cares about