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Critical Influences

Michael Quinn

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Writing about the things that shape how I see the world.


September 07, 2026

Reading "A Winter Book" in Summer

September 07, 2026/ Michael Quinn
Reading "A Winter Book" in Summer

Tove Jansson’s stories are like the flotsam and jetsam washed up on the beach. Put stones on the ones that interest you, to claim them as yours.

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September 07, 2026/ Michael Quinn/
critical influences, literary criticism, nature
Tove Jansson, A Winter Book, Finnish Literature, Short Stories, Critical Influences
August 12, 2025

My Letter to "The New Yorker" on Green-Wood Cemetery

August 12, 2025/ Michael Quinn
My Letter to "The New Yorker" on Green-Wood Cemetery

This week, The New Yorker published my letter to the editor about Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery, a place I walk through weekly, finding new things to discover each time.

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August 12, 2025/ Michael Quinn/
New York City, Brooklyn, places & spaces, cultural criticism, critical influences, book reviews, nature
Brooklyn, New York City, Cultural criticism, Personal & reported essays, Green-Wood Cemetery, Cemeteries & memorials, Urban green spaces, Historic landmarks, Arboretums, The New Yorker, Letters to the editor, Michael Quinn Brooklyn, Michael Quinn Green-Wood, Green-Wood Cemetery Brooklyn, Red Hook Star-Revue, Brooklyn Arcadia, Andrew Garn

Critical Influences photo credit: Michael Quinn

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