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Mary Bailey's avatar

Speaking of writers who inhabit a sound world, Mark Helprin's writing can move me to tears it's so beautiful. There are sometimes whole pages that sound in the ear as music. I often wonder how naturally it comes to him and whether he speaks as he writes.

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Andrew Murphy's avatar

I love listening to the Commentary podcast. I even subscribed after John Podhoritz regarded non subscribers as “freeloaders.”

Now I consider myself a friend of the Podz.

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Connor Dinnison's avatar

In my dreams the president and his men are reading Commentary, NR and "Onward and Upward" late into the night.

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