We lose again: Windham-Campbell Prize manqué

Was going to post this on Substack, but they don't let you indent blocks of text. Today’s insanely long installment concerns a major prize which I was told I’d won back in February, but for which I turned out not to be eligible because unable to promote the prize to their satisfaction. I have held off posting this, since the prize was to be confidential until its announcement on April 8. On…