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February 2025

With Baudelaire in Brussels, #14
Nadar throws a party, and admits he cannot understand the poem that Baudelaire dedicated to him. A bombe glacée is served.
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With Baudelaire in Brussels, #13
Some details about Victor Hugo's life in Belgium; he liked to nap in an orchard. Baudelaire coins the word “Superman” forty years before Friedrich…
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With Baudelaire in Brussels, #12
The men stop for lunch. Baudelaire is disgusted by the sight of water on the table; he orders Pommard wine. French fries are to be eaten with one's…
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Suspending Paper Book Sales to the US
Backlog and Uncertainty at the Canada - US border
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January 2025

With Baudelaire in Brussels, #11
The poet is irritated by the local station master and a tour guide. He sees where the Marquess of Anglesey lost his leg.
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With Baudelaire in Brussels, #10
A field trip to see where the Battle of Waterloo took place
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With Baudelaire in Brussels, #09
In which we are introduced to his pet bat
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The Obolus Press profiled in this month's New Criterion
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