source: Borges, J. L. (1960). “Diálogo sobre un diálogo.” El hacedor. Buenos Aires: Emecé. English: “A Dialogue About a Dialogue,” trans. Andrew Hurley, in Collected Fictions. New York: Viking, 1998.
economy-of-writing
- Quite frankly, I don't remember (12 June 2026) (1960). A discussion of immortality at a noisy bar.*
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- On the day when he drank the poison (8 September 2026) (360 B.C.E.). Deliciously succinct exposition
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source: Plato. (c. 360 B.C.E.). Phaedo. Trans. Benjamin Jowett. Internet Classics Archive.via: seeing Phaedo in someone’s hand at PDX Coffee Club in Hillsdale, and remembering how much I loved the opening line.
- It has not escaped our notice (10 June 2026) (1953). The academic confidence to trust the reader with the implications of discovering DNA's structure.
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source: Watson, J. D., and Crick, F. H. C. (1953). “Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid.” Nature, 171, 737–738.
- And became that animal (17 June 2026) (2026). Funny, scary, just a bit.
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source: Widow’s Bay, season 1, episode 10, “We Hope You Enjoyed Your Time!” (Apple TV, 2026). Spoken by Ruth (K Callan).via: my partner’s recommendation.