No need to apologise, it's an interesting and clearly personal list with not a trace of influencer hype. But it also provides an opportunity to say that among all the essays I read this year, your "high horse response piece in Lit Hub" was one of my favourites - and the one I most shared with people I thought needed to read it. There was a review / essay in the LRB, Dec 1 issue that effectively explores the roots of literary moralism in academic literature studies, worth reading if you have LRB access - https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v44/n23/stefan-collini/exaggerated-ambitions
No need to apologise, it's an interesting and clearly personal list with not a trace of influencer hype. But it also provides an opportunity to say that among all the essays I read this year, your "high horse response piece in Lit Hub" was one of my favourites - and the one I most shared with people I thought needed to read it. There was a review / essay in the LRB, Dec 1 issue that effectively explores the roots of literary moralism in academic literature studies, worth reading if you have LRB access - https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v44/n23/stefan-collini/exaggerated-ambitions
Oh thank you! Very glad to hear you enjoyed it & will check out the LRB piece.