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Tosca's predicament
The Standard Repertoire
Jan 26
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Belated 2025 roundup
It’s a little late for year-end roundups, but I’d like to do one anyway.
Jan 12
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Movies that shaped me: Napoleon
Perhaps no movie has left a deeper mark on my psyche than Abel Gance’s 1927 silent epic Napoleon. When I was an Edmonton teenager, a local video store…
Nov 10, 2025
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Okay, fine, All Fours
Oct 14, 2024
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Cecily Carver
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Notes on my reading habits
Jul 8, 2024
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An encounter this morning
Feb 17, 2025
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Cecily Carver
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We Still Chase Rabbits
Jun 19, 2023
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Cecily Carver
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The haters and the losers
May 26, 2025
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Cecily Carver
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Marginal Literary Scenes
Jul 14, 2025
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Cecily Carver
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But doctor, we are I Pagliacci
The standard repertoire
Oct 6, 2025
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Cecily Carver
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Three Books
Briefly noted
Aug 25, 2025
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Cecily Carver
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Marginal Literary Scenes
Imagine a writerly clique whose members have, so far, failed to achieve mainstream literary success.
Jul 14, 2025
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Cecily Carver
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Notes on my listening habits
Previously: Notes on my reading habits.
Jun 30, 2025
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Cecily Carver
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The haters and the losers
Three young men, all aspiring concert pianists and all near the top of their class, study together under the great pianist Vladimir Horowitz.
May 26, 2025
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Cecily Carver
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Facing the Music
Pennies from Heaven (1981)
May 5, 2025
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Cecily Carver
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My "vibe coding" experience
Building a writing/editing tool with Cursor and Claude
Mar 10, 2025
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Cecily Carver
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