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Hesitation Media with Brian Nuckols

Hesitation Media with Brian Nuckols is a Substack about slow journalism that waits for the dust to settle, then verifies what happened: with receipts.

Newsletter · By Brian Nuckols · English · Official site

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Sep 20, 2026
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Sep 9, 2026

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  1. Issue · Sep 20, 2026

    Aura Maxxing (opens the original)

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    I once attended a meeting of the Jane Austen Society of North America. After the meeting, I had a fascinating conversation with the speaker who helped me understand that Austen was conscious of, and attuned to, small details about her moment that are hard to grasp 200 years later. Emma, for example, is a novel particular to 1815 whereas Sense and Sensibility is a novel particular to 1811. The way the speaker (sadly I have only highly dubious memories of this person and can reference nothing abou

  2. Issue · Sep 9, 2026

    The Transcendent Absence (opens the original)

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    Hi hi! A small degression from the journalism practice we’ve been exploring on the Substack to republish a piece of theological writing that originally appeared on Real Clear Religion. We’re republishing here due to issues some readers are having with the Real Clear site and because it’s been over a year since it was published! Hesitation Media with Brian Nuckols is a re

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