Note (2024-07-23 06:36)

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[It’s an overuse of] inspirational when inspiring is meant, inspiring, for that matter, when nothing has been impelled.

[W]riting of moral weight and beauty is […] trustworthy on its own. This expression [“lived experience”] seems designed to undercut that.

https://www.nybooks.com/online/2023/10/12/act-of-admiration-emily-greenhouse/