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A Syllabus for Attention: Megan Mayhew on John Elder’s Reading Life
What will I read? What ideas will I live beside? What deserves rereading? What will I memorize? What will I allow to alter me?
By
Megan Mayhew
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How Strange a Season
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By
Megan Mayhew
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By
Megan Mayhew
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By
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The New Yorker's
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