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By Lydia Kiesling posted at 3:22 pm on April 24, 2011 0

Christopher Hitchens has a marvelous essay on Philip Larkin (curmudgeon, onanist, genius) at The Atlantic. Via 3 Quarks Daily.

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Lydia Kiesling is a staff writer for The Millions. She is in graduate school at the University of Chicago and was the recipient of the 2010 Charm Quark Award in the 2010 3 Quarks Daily Arts and Literature Prize.

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