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Marianne Moore on the Three Elements of Persuasive Writing

Marianne Moore on the Three Elements of Persuasive...

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The Generosity of Selfishness: C.S. Lewis on How to Be Interesting

The Generosity of Selfishness: C.S. Lewis on How t...

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Umberto Eco’s Antilibrary: Why Unread Books Are More Valuable to Our Lives than Read Ones

Umberto Eco’s Antilibrary: Why Unread Books Are Mo...

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No One You Love Is Ever Dead: Hemingway on Loss and the Meaning of Life

No One You Love Is Ever Dead: Hemingway on Loss an...

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The Founding Father of Neuroscience on Solitude, the Search for Truth, and the Ideal Environment for Breakthroughs

The Founding Father of Neuroscience on Solitude, t...

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I Feel, Therefore I Am: Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio the Consciousness of the Body

I Feel, Therefore I Am: Neuroscientist Antonio Dam...

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The Art of Advancing with Age: Bertrand Russell on What Makes a Fulfilling Life

The Art of Advancing with Age: Bertrand Russell on...

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Love in the Time of Dinosaurs

Love in the Time of Dinosaurs

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Trial, Triumph, and the Art of the Possible: The Moving Story Behind Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” a Lifetime of Sorrow in the Making

Trial, Triumph, and the Art of the Possible: The M...

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The Art of Being Alone: May Sarton’s Stunning 1938 Ode to Solitude

The Art of Being Alone: May Sarton’s Stunning 1938...

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Meteor of Joy: The Young People’s Chorus of New York City Sings Bird Divinations

Meteor of Joy: The Young People’s Chorus of New Yo...

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Halloween’s Lost Heroes: Michael Pollan on Radical Gardening and the Insurgent Botanical Origin of the Broomstick in Flying-Witch Legends

Halloween’s Lost Heroes: Michael Pollan on Radical...

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What Is Your Refugium?

What Is Your Refugium?

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What It Takes to Be Free

What It Takes to Be Free

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Marcus Aurelius on the Good Luck of Your Bad Luck

Marcus Aurelius on the Good Luck of Your Bad Luck

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Bob Dylan on the Unconscious Mind and the Ideal Conditions for Creative Work

Bob Dylan on the Unconscious Mind and the Ideal Co...

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20 Favorite Children’s Books from 20 Years of The Marginalian

20 Favorite Children’s Books from 20 Years of The ...

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The Dark Wood of the Golden Birds: Margaret Wise Brown’s Lost Masterpiece about Mortality and the Meaning of Life, Newly Illustrated

The Dark Wood of the Golden Birds: Margaret Wise B...

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