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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 29 Jul 2020

    I'm thinking of reading some novels by Harvey Swados, Richard Hofstadter's brother-in-law, because I think they might shed some light on Hofstadter himself. What's wrong with me?

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      1. (((Margaret Adams))) 🌻 🌻‏ @peggysadams 29 Jul 2020
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        Boredom is a terrible thing to waste

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      1. The Brands in June but All-Year Round‏ @susantkeiser 29 Jul 2020
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        Looking for tidbits about actor Kevin McCarthy is the only reason I'd ever read anything by Mary McCarthy.

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      2. Don Curren  🇺🇦‏ @dbcurren 29 Jul 2020
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        Hard to say, but if you're interested in fixing it, I would suggest (re-)reading "Anti-Intellectualism in American Life" which, despite its fascinating subject, is rambling and boring enough to sate any interest in Hofstadter for a fairly long period of time

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      2. Aryeh Cohen-Wade‏ @AryehCW 29 Jul 2020
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        Jeet, your friends and loved ones have gathered here today to tell you that we think you have a problem. A Hofstadter problem.

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      3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 29 Jul 2020
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        I can quit reading Hofstadter anytime I want.

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      1. John Jackson‏ @jpjjr1961 29 Jul 2020
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        Arthur Conan Doyle's brothera-in-law, E.W. Hornung, wrote a series of novels about Raffles, a gentleman thief who always outsmarted the detective. I always thought Christmas dinner at that house would be rather strained.https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/364 …

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      2. EJ Dionne‏Verified account @EJDionne 29 Jul 2020
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        Love that! Maybe you have read it, but if not, David S. Brown’s biography of Hofstadter is very good:https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/R/bo3680376.html …

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      3. Garin Burbank‏ @GarinBurbank 29 Jul 2020
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        No. As much as I like Hofstadter, the most distinguished historian was C. Vann Woodward. Primary research was better. Perry Miller might even squeeze out Hofstadter.

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      1. Garin Burbank‏ @GarinBurbank 29 Jul 2020
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        Seems like a good step toward very complete research. I heard him give the Jefferson lecture at Berkeley in1966, and thought that he hadn't given himself entirely to the exceptional American project.

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