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Critical Influences

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Essays and cultural criticism shaped by the writers, artists, places, and ideas that have influenced my thinking. These pieces combine personal encounter with close reading to examine how taste and judgment develop over time.


February 06, 2026

Reading "The Summer Book" in Winter

February 06, 2026/ Michael Quinn
Reading "The Summer Book" in Winter

A small world—one island, one season, a handful of characters—brings large questions into focus.

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critical influences, reading & identity
Tove Jansson, The Summer Book, literary criticism, close reading, grief, aging, grandmother and child, unsentimental care, family relationships, island setting, nature writing, winter reading, Scandinavian literature

Critical Influences photo credit: Michael Quinn

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