The Dal Incident - by Sabina Stent
Regular readers will probably notice how much I enjoy writing about topical things in non-obvious ways. I like to write about them without writing directly about them.
I still want to write more on and around Oppenheimer (thanks to those of you who sent kind messages or linked to my previous piece!), albeit in a way that still (mostly) aligns with what I usually do. So, I thought I would touch on something that caught my attention while reading American Prometheus that maybe a few (correct me if I am wrong!) readers dwelt on as much as myself. As I have said a few times — either in writing, lectures, or conversations with friends — it is often a random sentence or paragraph that stays in my memory. In such a dense biography when there is SO MUCH to keep thinking and talking about, this is one of the instances that made me go, ‘huh’, and make a mental note.
I also think it would be nice to use this space to try out/write short pieces on the things that may eventually become fully-conceived newsletters while allowing you, kind readers, access to my thought processes, works in progress, and other things that may — or may not? — be of interest.
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