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James Baldwin on How Love (Finally) Finds You

James Baldwin on How Love (Finally) Finds You

3 weeks ago 1

The Madman Who Saved Mothers: The Invention of Handwashing and the Bittersweet True Love Story Behind ‘Frankenstein’

The Madman Who Saved Mothers: The Invention of Han...

3 weeks ago 3

Elizabeth Gilbert on Love, Loss, and How to Move Through Grief as Grief Moves Through You

Elizabeth Gilbert on Love, Loss, and How to Move T...

3 weeks ago 3

How to Doubt Your Way into a Truer Life

How to Doubt Your Way into a Truer Life

4 weeks ago 5

How Memory Makes Us and Breaks Truth: The Rashomon Effect and the Science of How Memories Form and Falter in the Brain

How Memory Makes Us and Breaks Truth: The Rashomon...

4 weeks ago 2

Sleeping Beauties: David Byrne on Why Transformative Ideas Fall Dormant and How They Awaken to Change the World

Sleeping Beauties: David Byrne on Why Transformati...

4 weeks ago 1

Improvisation and the Quantum of Consciousness

Improvisation and the Quantum of Consciousness

4 weeks ago 1

How to Remake Yourself When You Are Undone: Lincoln and the Gift of His Suicidal Depression

How to Remake Yourself When You Are Undone: Lincol...

4 weeks ago 1

Vincent van Gogh on Fear, Taking Risks, and How Inspired Mistakes Propel Us Forward

Vincent van Gogh on Fear, Taking Risks, and How In...

4 weeks ago 2

Why Are We Not Better Than We Are

Why Are We Not Better Than We Are

1 month ago 1

But We Had Music: Nick Cave Reads an Animated Poem about How to Be More Alive

But We Had Music: Nick Cave Reads an Animated Poem...

1 month ago 1

A Constellation of Amazements: An Illustrated Love Letter to the Joy of Collecting Things

A Constellation of Amazements: An Illustrated Love...

1 month ago 1

How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently

How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel...

1 month ago 1

Loneliness, Resilience, and the Right Choice: Poet Diane Ackerman on What She Learned While Working at a Suicide Prevention Hotline

Loneliness, Resilience, and the Right Choice: Poet...

1 month ago 1

David Bowie on Creativity and His Advice to Artists

David Bowie on Creativity and His Advice to Artist...

1 month ago 1

Nietzsche on Walking and Creativity

Nietzsche on Walking and Creativity

1 month ago 1

Mister Rogers on the Most Important Mindset for a Parent

Mister Rogers on the Most Important Mindset for a ...

1 month ago 1

Dostoyevsky on What Makes a Good Person

Dostoyevsky on What Makes a Good Person

1 month ago 1