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Tyranny of Cute

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Whether she is admonishing our tendency to trivialize all things great and small (“Down With the Tyranny of Cute,” Commentary, March 24) or reminding us diet-conscious Shakespeare fans that “there’s a divinity that shapes our ends,” Jenijoy La Belle, Caltech professor of literature cum occasional columnist for The Times, is herself a literary treasure. What joy it is to turn to the bottom of an otherwise tragedy-laden Commentary page to find another of her articles.

WILLIAM STRAUB

Pasadena

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