Month: September 2019

The problem (and promise) of MORE POETRY!!!
I love beauty too much. That might be my problem. I have MORE POETRY!!! tattooed on my left arm, because two of my characters in my novel did that, although it’s also true that I probably believe it. I have a soft...

Believe in Him a Little: The Esoteric Satirical Illiberalism of Stephen Sondheim
Editor’s note: On Wednesday, Mere O editrix/blogger Susannah Black published a piece on the Ahmari/French debate in which she claimed that Stephen Sondheim’s “Marry Me a Little,” if read properly, was the perfect encapsulation of the liberal political project, and...