By "painstakingly curated," I mean that I left out the stuff that I'm hoping will disappear down some black hole in the internet.
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​How a Nation Lost its Mind: a review essay on Nicholas O'Shaughnessy's Selling Hitler for Los Angeles Review of Books (November 2016)
The Tree of Life and the Lamb of God: on Terrence Malick for The Other Journal (July 2011)
Johnny of the Cross: a eulogy for Johnny Cash for First Things (December 2003)