The past is a country that issues no visas
November 1, 2018 8:35 AM   Subscribe

The lives of great artists and thinkers and statesmen are like the lives of the great extinct species, the tyrannosaurs and stegosaurs, while the lives of the obscure can be likened to extinct species of beetles. Six Glimpses of the Past, by Janet Malcolm.
posted by theodolite (5 comments total) 16 users marked this as a favorite
 
Lovely.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 9:15 AM on November 1, 2018


this is wonderful.
posted by suelac at 9:55 AM on November 1, 2018


I really enjoyed this, thank you. I've read a decent amount of Janet Malcolm's writing but didn't know much about her as a person.
posted by ITheCosmos at 10:06 AM on November 1, 2018


This is fantastic, thanks for posting it.
posted by PussKillian at 10:07 AM on November 1, 2018


I enjoyed this tremendously.
posted by Svejk at 1:11 PM on November 1, 2018


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