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Jan Morris

Jan Morris has written some 40 books of history, travel, biography, memoir, and fiction.

Keep Smiling

Keep Smiling

An agnostic sermon

by Jan Morris | Monday, June 09, 2014
England, My England

England, My England

The poet whose bucolic lyrics defined a generation

by Jan Morris | Monday, June 05, 2017
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A Very Embodiment of Simple Goodness

by Jan Morris | Monday, December 19, 2016
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A Very Embodiment of Simple Goodness

by Jan Morris | Monday, August 01, 2016
Fantastic Four

Fantastic Four

The enduring influence of a quartet of Oxford dons

by Jan Morris | Monday, June 08, 2015
Carnival of the Animals

Carnival of the Animals

The Italian artist Carpaccio cast a careful, loving eye on his many nonhuman subjects

by Jan Morris | Monday, September 08, 2014
Smarty Pants Podcast

THIS WEEK’S ARCHIVE PICK

2nd Look

The Case for Motherhood

by Jean Kim

Postpartum depression, Jean Kim writes, “seems like the last feminine taboo, stronger than crack babies or neglect: a mother hating her newborn child.” In honor of the women and mothers often left out this weekend, we revisit one of our favorite essays, in which a psychiatrist wonders what it means to want a child, have a child, or have a child you do not want.