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Vermeer’s girl, the great butterfly heist, the rise and fall of Hunter S. Thompson, “noir” poets, Jean Raspail’s contemptuous “Camp of the Saints,” and more.

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Micah Mattix
Oct 18, 2025
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Johannes Vermeer, Girl with a Pearl Earring (c. 1665). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Good morning! In his new book, Vermeer: A Life Lost and Found, the art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon claims he has d…

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