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It is a truth universally acknowledged that M. Dirda is a sucker for anything bookish in the way of artwork.

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From the late 19th to the early 20th century, the December issue of almost any general-interest magazine regularly featured a holiday horror or two.

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Literary generations come and go, and each generation passeth away and is heard of no more. In the end, simply the making itself – of poems and stories and essays – delivers the only reward a writer can be sure of. And, perhaps, the only one that matters.

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May 14, 2024

Literary generations come and go, and each generation passeth away and is heard of no more. In the end, simply the making itself – of poems and stories and essays – delivers the only reward a writer can be sure of. And, perhaps, the only one that matters.

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May 14, 2024

From the late 19th to the early 20th century, the December issue of almost any general-interest magazine regularly featured a holiday horror or two.

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