American Innocence by Anna Gát

America, A Love Story

Ragtime, and the romance of the work in progress. A revisitation.

7 hrs ago • Anna Gát

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November 2025

Strangers

America's "stranger culture" changes your personality.

Nov 10, 2025 • Anna Gát

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American Catalysis

On mentors and muses.

Nov 1, 2025 • Anna Gát

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September 2025

Grieving in America

Big spaces. Broken hearts.

Sep 13, 2025 • Anna Gát

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August 2025

Private Kingdoms

Why you should make the public more democratic, and your home less.

Aug 24, 2025 • Anna Gát

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Tyranny as Tragedy

I'm starting a new blog.

Aug 17, 2025 • Anna Gát

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May 2025

On Not Writing

Essay 61.

May 9, 2025 • Anna Gát

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March 2024

Essay 60

Each death is an anticlimax; there’s nothing to say, and no one to say it to.

Mar 29, 2024 • Anna Gát

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Essay 59

Every piece of writing is unjust, petty, a revenge.

Mar 29, 2024 • Anna Gát

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February 2023

On the Homesick

Essay 58

Feb 15, 2023 • Anna Gát

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On Mediocrity

Essay 57

Feb 15, 2023 • Anna Gát

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September 2022

On Advice

Essay 56

Sep 2, 2022 • Anna Gát

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