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The Limits of Rationality: On <em>Gulliver’s Travels</em> at 300

The Limits of Rationality: On Gulliver’s Travels at 300

Ed Simon Considers What Jonathan Swift's Novel Can Reveal About Our World Today

By Ed Simon | October 28, 2026

Whereof One Cannot Speak: On the Limits of Language to Describe Pain

Whereof One Cannot Speak: On the Limits of Language to Describe Pain

Ed Simon Explores the Incomplete Poetics of Physical Suffering

By Ed Simon | September 21, 2026

It’s Ok to Judge a Book By Its Cover (It’s Impossible Not To)

It’s Ok to Judge a Book By Its Cover (It’s Impossible Not To)

Ed Simon on the History of Book Cover Trends

By Ed Simon | August 7, 2026

Will “American” Ever Be a Fully Distinct Language of Its Own?

Will “American” Ever Be a Fully Distinct Language of Its Own?

Ed Simon on Noah Webster’s Dictionary of Independence

By Ed Simon | July 1, 2026

Is the First-Person Narrator a Uniquely American Idea?

Is the First-Person Narrator a Uniquely American Idea?

Ed Simon Considers the Role of Point of View in American Literature

By Ed Simon | June 4, 2026

Reflections on an Angelheaded Hipster: Celebrating Allen Ginsberg’s 100th Birthday

Reflections on an Angelheaded Hipster: Celebrating Allen Ginsberg’s 100th Birthday

Ed Simon Rereads Howl, a ”Genuine Masterpiece”

By Ed Simon | June 3, 2026

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Why We Shouldn’t Feel Guilty For Not Being Extremely Well Read

By Ed Simon | May 21, 2026

How Amazing Stories Served as the Blueprint for American Science Fiction

By Ed Simon | April 10, 2026

Are Economists, in Fact, the Unacknowledged Poets of the World

By Ed Simon | March 9, 2026

Why Does Contemporary Fascism Fetishize the Classics?

Why Does Contemporary Fascism Fetishize the Classics?

“...martial power, imperial grandeur, regimented hierarchy, stoic obedience...”

By Ed Simon | February 10, 2026

Inside the Long History of Technologically Assisted Writing

Inside the Long History of Technologically Assisted Writing

Ed Simon on the Eternal Tension Between Human Creativity and Mechanical Efficiency

By Ed Simon | January 21, 2026

The Work Behind the Writing: On Writers and Their Day Jobs

The Work Behind the Writing: On Writers and Their Day Jobs

Ed Simon Explores the Relationship Between Labor and Literary Passion

By Ed Simon | January 14, 2026

Making Meaning: Why Symbolic Interpretation Matters in Art and Literature

Making Meaning: Why Symbolic Interpretation Matters in Art and Literature

Ed Simon on Defending the Symbolic and René Magritte’s Le Coeur du Monde

By Ed Simon | December 23, 2025

Nothing Better Than a Whole Lot of Books: In Praise of Bibliomania

Nothing Better Than a Whole Lot of Books: In Praise of Bibliomania

Ed Simon Considers the Many Different Ways an Obsession Can Manifest

By Ed Simon | November 24, 2025

To Haunt and Be Haunted: On the Exhumation of Edgar Allan Poe

To Haunt and Be Haunted: On the Exhumation of Edgar Allan Poe

Ed Simon Explores the Terror of Being Buried Alive and Americanism in Poe’s Work

By Ed Simon | October 8, 2025

On the Limits of Language at the End of the World

On the Limits of Language at the End of the World

Ed Simon Considers How We Talk About the Climate Apocalypse

By Ed Simon | September 24, 2025

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