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Year in Review + Reading Goals for 2026
Knowing how busy things would be, I did not make any goals for this past year, but reading was fruitful nonetheless. Perhaps because my reading was so sporadic, it ended up surprising me in huge ways. I found a new favourite author (Rilke), and the best book I read was a historical biography (The Glory Continue reading
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Shackleton’s Endurance – Doomed from the Start?
Fascinating new insights on why the Endurance sank, with implications for Shackleton’s legacy: A broken rudder wasn’t what doomed the Endurance, new analysis suggests Shackleton blamed the sinking of the Endurance on the destruction of its rudder; for more than a century, historians accepted this explanation. Now, an analysis suggests that structural weakness caused the Continue reading
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
My main exposure to Sleepy Hollow has been through the Disney animation, a yearly viewing tradition in my family. Bing Crosby—my favorite old-time crooner and Washingtonian celebrity—narrates and sings the whimsical musical version of Washington Irving’s stately tale. In it, the hapless schoolmaster Ichabod Crane is thwarted in love and money by his archrival Brom Continue reading
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Hi, I’m Marian—I talk about classics, history, and other books on this blog, as well as on YouTube.
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