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Family/History
… narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek and sponsored by the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
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The Epic Viking Saga of the Everyday
… works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek and sponsored by the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
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All Talk
… The big question is whether we can do anything about this misalignment.
Carr traces much of the strife of social media to two innovations: Facebook’s News Feed, which provided an infinite scroll of algorithmically curated content, and Twitter’s retweet button, which allowed people to rapidly amplify and spread messages. Carr’s proposal for …
Keepers of the Old Ways
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Casa Gorín
… purchase in a mercería, nor attending customers in one.
As for that other traditional domain of women, the kitchen, all the gadgets and utensils you need to feed a family are at the hardware store: rubber gaskets for an espresso pot, cookie cutters, cutlery, potato peelers, measuring cups, plastic food-storage containers. I was happy …
New Year, Old Year
… of a husband-and-wife team (my neighbor’s brother-in-law and sister), who came to the farmstead directly opposite my house twice a day every day for my first two years living in the lane, once at eight a.m. and again at 3:30 p.m., to feed the dogs and check
Read MoreThe Snow Maiden
… the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek.
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Ho Ho Horror
… public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek. Follow us on Twitter @TheAmScho or on Facebook.
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The Diagnostician of Despair
… novel who left his many newborns in orphanages; an influential theorist of political community who fled the company of others; a misogynist who encouraged mothers to breast-feed their infants; and a supremely gifted writer who never failed to write how much he regretted becoming a writer. Today, Rousseau is held responsible for, among other …
Read MoreSuch as It Is
… generally, you can’t do two things at once. Do the important one.
During the civil war, my friend’s grandmother had a family of eight to feed. Food was so scarce that she would feel the bellies of her children at suppertime to determine who had already scavenged food during the day—a piece …