discursion

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What catapults “Beatlebone,” thrillingly and frustratingly, into the realm of the near-great is an abrupt discursion that occurs about two-thirds of the way through.

From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2015

They move easily between travelogue and historical analogy, personal experience and philosophical meditation, discursion and sharp statement.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 20, 2015

Wilson treats her with a restorative seriousness, a great capacity for discursion, and a biblical grasp of lineage.

From Slate • Nov. 8, 2013

Highlights include his objections to the coarsening of modern discourse, his fondness for Seinfeld, the rationale behind his fiery dissents, and a rather remarkable discursion about the devil.

From Slate • Oct. 7, 2013

I make this discursion because, for a period, the paths of the two composers were parallel.

From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James