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Patricia Lockwood on Drawing From Tolstoy and Avoiding “the Butthole of the Universe” Nearly a century and a half ago, when famous novelists doubled as beacons of moral virtue—this seems farfetched, but let’s pretend—Leo Tolstoy penned a thought experiment titled, “Why Do Men Stupefy Themselves?” The author was 62 that year, and a beneficiary (conversely, victim) of innumerable spiritual awakenings. He thought that those attracted to vice, which […] https://lithub.com/patricia-lockwood-on-drawing-from-tolstoy-and-avoiding-the-butthole-of-the-universe/