To a Green Thought

Some Thoughts on “Hype”

Also: What Belongs to You turns 10; and some tips for debut novelists

Feb 1 • Garth Greenwell

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January 2026

Absolute Mastery, Absolute Vulnerability

Lisette Oropesa in I Puritani at the Met

Jan 21 • Garth Greenwell

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December 2025

Some Things I Loved in 2025

Ten books, four movies, three songs; & the best sex writing of the year

Dec 17, 2025 • Garth Greenwell

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November 2025

What Even Is “Technique”?

An awkward moment at a dinner party; the best explanation I’ve seen of “craft”

Nov 29, 2025 • Garth Greenwell

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A Conversation with Brandon Taylor

Art vs politics, the moral stakes of Midwestern Nice, & why we need Heidegger

Nov 10, 2025 • Garth Greenwell

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October 2025

Film Festival Round-up

On Hedda, Romería, Peter Hujar's Day, & more

Oct 21, 2025 • Garth Greenwell

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Marked by Love

Close reading four sentences from Augustine’s Confessions

Oct 10, 2025 • Garth Greenwell

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September 2025

On Beauford Delaney

Courage & Desire in Baldwin's "Principal Witness"

Sep 30, 2025 • Garth Greenwell

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More Thoughts on Giovanni’s Room

Outtakes from a new essay in Harper’s; also: why cats are the best assistants

Sep 20, 2025 • Garth Greenwell

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August 2025

Daddy Augustine: Reading Confessions

Announcing a new online class

Aug 28, 2025 • Garth Greenwell

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Art & Friendship

On James Schuyler and Frank O’Hara; close reading a great Schuyler poem

Aug 23, 2025 • Garth Greenwell

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"There Was This Beautiful Sadness About His Face"

Nathan Kernan’s biography of the poet James Schuyler

Aug 13, 2025 • Garth Greenwell

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