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Naomi Kanakia
We Should All Be Autodidacts: The Case For Reading the Great Books at Your Own Pace
Naomi Kanakia Argues in Favor of a DIY Literary and Philosophical Education
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Naomi Kanakia
| May 26, 2026
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Naomi Kanakia
| April 16, 2024
Why the Culture of the So-Called Great Books is Hostile to Trans People
Naomi Kanakia on the Intellectual Cult of the Transphobic Rationalist
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Naomi Kanakia
| April 14, 2023
If They Want to Be Published, Literary Writers Can’t Be Honest About Money
Naomi Kanakia on the Class Contradictions at the Heart of Publishing
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Naomi Kanakia
| June 23, 2022
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