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Jul 4 • 
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June 2025

Major Announcement + Want To Be More Creative? Make Your Life Dull
A Lesson from Immanuel Kant around creative work
Jun 30 • 
Robin Waldun
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The Theory That Shook Literary Studies To The Core
Part 2: Three Thinkers That Tipped Literary Studies Upside-Down
Jun 21 • 
Robin Waldun
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When Did Reading Become a Chore?
Six Moments That Changed How We See English Literature
Jun 9 • 
Robin Waldun
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The Curse of Knowledge
Why Intelligent People Make Unintelligible Teachers
Jun 6 • 
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[1-2-Read] Who's Afraid of "Criticism"?
Giving away my English Degree pt. 3 - Demystifying Literary Criticism
Jun 2 • 
Robin Waldun
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May 2025

You Need More "Wet" Reading In Your Life
Or, why I ran out and got a Kindle
May 30 • 
Robin Waldun
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Taking a short medical leave!
But we'll be right back next Friday
May 16 • 
Robin Waldun
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[1-2-Read] What Makes A Poem Sound Like A Poem?
Giving away my English Degree pt. 2
May 12 • 
Robin Waldun
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The Best Books Will Disappear Into Your Life
On trusting your taste
May 9 • 
Robin Waldun
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[1-2-Read] How To Become A Demanding Reader pt. 1 - Making Distinctions
Giving Away My English Degree pt. 1
May 5 • 
Robin Waldun
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Re-reading is ok, even if it takes you years
because time is always on your side
May 2 • 
Robin Waldun
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