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What can one say. Thank you.

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Amazing essay. Thank you so much.

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Aug 9, 2021Liked by Ted Gioia

Joyce’s fixation with Sullivan reminds me of a similar story about C. S. Lewis. Lewis also had an obsession with the self-taught critic and fantasy writer Charles Williams. He told a friend that you could easily identify Williams if you saw him walking down the street because he “resembled a god”. The friend had in fact seen Williams walking down the street and thought he looked like a shop assistant.

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Aug 8, 2021Liked by Ted Gioia

Another outstanding read, thank you, Ted!

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