Christopher Burlinson
@cmburlinson.bsky.social
A green thought in a green shade. Early modern English literature. I teach at Jesus College, Cambridge, but these words are mine, not theirs.
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“The elites are ecstatic about imagining a vast, uneducated, and unproductive population forced to pay companies like OpenAI to access the written word and to approximate thought.”
Must read piece by Noah McCormack with too many quotaboe lines to select one! thebaffler.com/salvos/we-us...
Must read piece by Noah McCormack with too many quotaboe lines to select one! thebaffler.com/salvos/we-us...
We Used to Read Things in This Country | Noah McCormack
Technology changes us—and it is currently changing us for the worse.
thebaffler.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“The elites are ecstatic about imagining a vast, uneducated, and unproductive population forced to pay companies like OpenAI to access the written word and to approximate thought.”
Must read piece by Noah McCormack with too many quotaboe lines to select one! thebaffler.com/salvos/we-us...
Must read piece by Noah McCormack with too many quotaboe lines to select one! thebaffler.com/salvos/we-us...
Hester, how wonderful!!! Congratulations!
November 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Hester, how wonderful!!! Congratulations!
Happy birthday! Congratulations on the book! (And get well!)
November 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Happy birthday! Congratulations on the book! (And get well!)
I remember reading somewhere (an old S&S?) that those films (especially Stromboli?) feel like documentaries about Bergman -- she's so palpably pulled around by the way that the styles of the movies shift around her, and such a brave, great actor that she registers and performs that discomfort.
November 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I remember reading somewhere (an old S&S?) that those films (especially Stromboli?) feel like documentaries about Bergman -- she's so palpably pulled around by the way that the styles of the movies shift around her, and such a brave, great actor that she registers and performs that discomfort.
No, not pejorative at all! (I find it unbearable but certainly not unwatchable!) Completely agree that it gets a lot of its weird effect from that mixture of naturalistic/heightened styles, and the weird stresses and strains that this places on IB as a performer. It's an astonishing film!
November 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
No, not pejorative at all! (I find it unbearable but certainly not unwatchable!) Completely agree that it gets a lot of its weird effect from that mixture of naturalistic/heightened styles, and the weird stresses and strains that this places on IB as a performer. It's an astonishing film!
Absolutely love this film! You’re right about the melodrama, but at times I find it almost unbearable. That ending!!
November 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Absolutely love this film! You’re right about the melodrama, but at times I find it almost unbearable. That ending!!
I can't recommend it too highly!
November 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I can't recommend it too highly!
Ah The Years is so good! I also loved Happening, which makes a really good pair with A Girl’s Story. But this one is really incredible too: that address to her sister allows her to say and think so much. It’s a tiny book, but it hits so hard!
November 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Ah The Years is so good! I also loved Happening, which makes a really good pair with A Girl’s Story. But this one is really incredible too: that address to her sister allows her to say and think so much. It’s a tiny book, but it hits so hard!
This one really is breathtakingly good!
November 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This one really is breathtakingly good!
I haven’t, but I will - and I think it’ll do the same to me… Lucy is such an important part of Old Joy too, isn’t she?
October 30, 2025 at 6:29 AM
I haven’t, but I will - and I think it’ll do the same to me… Lucy is such an important part of Old Joy too, isn’t she?
Yes - it’s so rich and well judged, isn’t it!
October 30, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Yes - it’s so rich and well judged, isn’t it!
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Ebert’s review looms large for me, not the least of which because he pinpointed a moment I found mesmerizing;
October 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Ebert’s review looms large for me, not the least of which because he pinpointed a moment I found mesmerizing;
Did I see you writing about it the other day? I loved it too!! Haven’t seen The Mastermind yet, but I liked this every bit as much as Certain Women, which I think was my previous favourite.
October 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Did I see you writing about it the other day? I loved it too!! Haven’t seen The Mastermind yet, but I liked this every bit as much as Certain Women, which I think was my previous favourite.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
October 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
It’s wonderful, isn’t it!!
October 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It’s wonderful, isn’t it!!
It’s great: you’re right!
October 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It’s great: you’re right!
Wow what a wonderful photo - and a rapt viewer!!
October 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Wow what a wonderful photo - and a rapt viewer!!