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Schadenfreude Without Shade
Josh Emmons tries to name an embarrassing feeling about art: the sad, amused, "not-schadenfreude" when excellent art is ignored....
Josh Emmons
Josh Emmons is the author of several books, most recently A Moral Tale and Other Moral Tales. He teaches fiction writing at UC Riverside.
Articles
Beyond the Shadow of Samuel Johnson
James Boswell’s restless curiosity and his desire to sit at the feet of greatness and listen made him the ur-TED talk audience member....
Thomas Cromwell, a Man for All Treasons
That a public man such as Thomas Cromwell can be understood so differently by writers acting in good faith is due to a number of factors: his distance from us in time, our incomplete record of his correspondence, the nature of politics, and the nature of observation....
The Definitive History of Postwar Britain
As postwar Britain’s financial prospects changed, so too did the rhythms and habits of its daily life....
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