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Ben Williams

Ben Williams

Opinionistas

Books: The last column

By Ben Williams

Ben Williams

Opinionistas

Books Column: AI-AI-Oh! To the AI faithful, a word of caution on the conflagration that’s in store

By Ben Williams

Ben Williams

Opinionistas

Books Column: How to Write — The Unforgettable Lesson of the Master of Bricktown

By Ben Williams

Ben Williams

Opinionistas

Books Column: New Year, old me — the urge to reconnect with literature burns relentlessly

By Ben Williams

Ben Williams

Opinionistas

Books Column: A lost river of words: how poetry is vanishing before our screen-weary eyes

By Ben Williams

Ben Williams

Opinionistas

Books Column: Waking up strange after encounters with my literary heroes

By Ben Williams

Ben Williams

Opinionistas

Books Column: Remembering Jane Taylor, South Africa’s electric herald of the avant

By Ben Williams

Ben Williams

Opinionistas

Books Column: The curious incident of the family reading (excitedly) at bedtime

By Ben Williams

Ben Williams

Opinionistas

Books Column: Regarding pedantry: a note on from whence this snide retort comes

By Ben Williams

Ben Williams

Opinionistas

Books Column: Cormac McCarthy — a great writer’s benign haunting of a fabled American town

By Ben Williams

Ben Williams

Opinionistas

Books Column: How to choose the name of your new literary magazine

By Ben Williams

Ben Williams

Opinionistas

Books Column: Try this impossible literary quiz, with questions inspired by my personal library

By Ben Williams