What are the most beautiful pieces of writing qua writing that you know?
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An unconsidered jet lagged response:https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/sports/playmagazine/20federer.html …
I love that piece - partially because I love watching Federer so much. I can't watch him serve without thinking of the "great liquid whip". (Kyrgios serves like that, too.)
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Exactly. I like it because it both describes exactly what's going on and makes you see it differently. From science, Darwin wins, I think:https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/darwin/endless-forms-most-beautiful/from-so-simple-a-beginning …
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Amusing: rereading the piece, I realize DFW used "great liquid whip" to describe Fed's forehand. Which means I've been misremembering it for 13 years. I don't think I can unsee his serve like that.
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