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A Writer by Nature
An excerpt from World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
by Jayne Ross | Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Smarty Pants Podcast
Who’s the Nerd Now?
How geek culture finally triumphed
by Stephanie Bastek | Friday, September 25, 2020
Web Essays
You Can’t Go Home Again
American volunteers joined western allies in the fight to dismantle the Islamic State in Syria. What happened when they came back?
by Kenneth R. Rosen | Thursday, September 24, 2020
Book Reviews
Admired and Abhorred
The German composer whose legacy continues to confound
by Steven G. Kellman | Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Book Essay
A Mind on Fire
In his acclaimed trilogy of intellectual biographies, Robert D. Richardson sought to help us overcome the burden of the past
by Sam Gee | Wednesday, September 23, 2020
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Book Reviews
Admired and Abhorred
The German composer whose legacy continues to confound
by Steven G. Kellman
Book Essay
A Mind on Fire
In his acclaimed trilogy of intellectual biographies, Robert D. Richardson sought to help us overcome the burden of the past
by Sam Gee
Book Reviews
Beneath the Powdered Wig
Reinterpreting the life of our trendiest Founding Father
by Nancy Isenberg
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Varieties of Experience
Culture rewires our brains and shapes how we think
by T. M. Luhrmann
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