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Michael Cunningham
Michael Cunningham on the Question of Scale in Writing
“It’s only a question of whether you’re looking through a telescope or a microscope.“
By
Michael Cunningham
| July 24, 2026
A Festival of Destruction in One of the Oldest Cities in the World
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Michael Cunningham
| November 21, 2019
Michael Cunningham on the Novel That Would Become
Mrs Dalloway
With Images from the Original Manuscript of "The Hours"
By
Michael Cunningham
| July 15, 2019
Michael Cunningham Falls in Love at the Alexander McQueen Retrospective
"If this doesn’t fill you with wonder, it’s not the fault of the dress."
By
Michael Cunningham
| October 16, 2018
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