Rough Cuts

Rough Cuts

One Balrog, Two Recommendations, Three Links

Go back to the Shadow!

Ed William
Oct 17, 2024
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Aaron Schimberg’s A Different Man (2024) | Source

Like Gandalf slaying the Balrog, there is a bittersweet catharsis in banishing a half-written essay to the depths from whence it came.

So I feel today — a day I’d earmarked to triumphantly publish an essay on Werner Herzog’s new(ish) memoir.

Alas, this morning, I realised I had a great opening followed by s…

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