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Current Enthusiasms

Rumaan Alam

Some things I find exciting, every two weeks.

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Current Enthusiasms #46: improving my small talk

View of the Salon of 1785, Piero Antoni Martini, 1785. A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 2009. I love paintings hung salon style; lot to discuss in a room like this.

I don’t get out much. I’m a man of stea...

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Current Enthusiasms #45: heterochromia and coincidence

When I’m writing a book, I send text messages to myself: words, ideas, questions. On the afternoon of July 10, I texted myself the word “heterochromia” with no further explanation required. As both the message’s sender and recipient,...
19 days ago
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Current Enthusiasms #44: itching and scratching

Richard Humphreys, the Boxer, John Hoppner. The Alfred N. Punnett Endowment Fund, 1953. This is how I feel when too itchy: pugnacious.

I was at the beach for almost three weeks. In the unfathomable pandemic year, our family hid out...

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Current Enthusiasms #43: beach reads

Man on Beach, Florida, John Singer Sargent, 1917. Gift of Mrs. Francis Ormond, 1950. This man doesn’t… ummm… seem to be reading.

In 2003, I went to Hawaii for my older brother’s wedding. I was with one of my oldest friends, A., and...

2 months ago
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Current Enthusiasms #42: pineapple upside down cake

Pineapple, from the Fruits series (N12) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands. Issued by Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia), 1891. The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick. What an innocent time! Tr...
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