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    The Art of Reading: UK tour

    September 1, 2018

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    Damon Young

    I recently returned from the UK, where I did a quick tour for the The Art of Reading. ('Quick' being a loose word when intercontinental travel's concerned.)

    With thanks to support from the Australia Council for the Arts and Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund, I was able...

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    I love, I slay, and am content

    September 1, 2018

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    Damon Young

    What is best in life?

    To crush your deadlines. See them driven before you. And to hear the lamentations of the haters.

    I've a new essay in the latest edition of Island magazine (#154), on Conan the Barbarian. I explore the history and meaning of this savage modern hero,...

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    Gardens, dragons, and a (small) road trip

    August 27, 2019

    Philosophy Espresso

    December 13, 2018

    Why are swords still a thing?

    December 3, 2018

    Russ the Story Bus

    November 25, 2018

    The Art of Reading: UK tour

    September 1, 2018

    I love, I slay, and am content

    September 1, 2018

    From Batman to leather armour

    July 1, 2018

    The Art of Reading: in the USA

    April 27, 2018

    Landlords: take your job as seriously as you take your wealth

    April 4, 2018

    The Kool-Aid of competence

    March 22, 2018

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