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Even If You Beat Me

Sally Rooney | Dublin Review | Spring 2015 | U

Before she was a blockbuster novelist, a 22-year-old Sally Rooney was "the number one competitive debater on the continent of Europe". This is her account of how a combination of low self-esteem, extreme determination and a tendency towards hero worship propelled her into a scene that quickly began to bore her. "I don’t think I will ever again want something so meaningless so much" (4,526 words)

How To Read An App Crit

Peter Gainsford | Kiwi Hellenist | 21st May 2022 | U

Guide to understanding an apparatus criticus, "the chunk of gibberish at the bottom of every page in a modern critical edition" of a translated text. Required reading for anyone who has ever let their eye slide over these symbols, mystified. Most refer to textual variations and sources, but some are also annotations from editors and comments on the condition of surviving manuscripts (2,799 words)

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