On May 14, 2024, at the Toronto Reference Library, I spoke to Claire Messud about her new novel, This Strange Eventful History. To prepare, I watched some of her interviews. I wondered what kinds of questions she asked when . . . Source| Brick
Say woodcutter, not tyrant. Repetition, not apocalypse. Love, not disappearance.Melancholy, not depression. Derrida says that the melancholic is one who refuses to forget. That melancholy is necessary. I have learned to keep my . . . Source| Brick
A crescent moon in winter was a symbol of melancholy. A man with shoulders like an owl’s was assumed to be cruel. A woman’s eyebrows were commonly compared to hills in spring. After a failed coup…| Brick
