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The Cosmic Library explores massive books in order to explore everything else. Here, books that can seem overwhelming—books of dreams, infinity, mysteries—turn out to be intensely accessible, offering so many different ways to read them and think with them.


How the Hebrew Bible Poses Fundamental Questions About Language

From Season 3 of The Cosmic Library Podcast
April 12, 2022  By The Cosmic Library 
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Welcome to Season 3 of The Cosmic Library

Join Us For a Journey Through and Beyond the Hebrew Bible
April 6, 2022  By The Cosmic Library 
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How Stories Can Transcend Author, Culture, and History

Part Five of “The Worlds of Scheherazade”
December 7, 2021  By The Cosmic Library 
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Why Do Some Stories Survive the Test of Time?

Part Four of “The Worlds of Scheherazade”
November 30, 2021  By The Cosmic Library 
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Formulaic Surprises: How 1,001 Nights Startles with Sameness

Part Three of “The Worlds of Scheherazade”
November 23, 2021  By The Cosmic Library 
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Jim Al-Khalili on the Science of 1,001 Nights

Part Two of “The Worlds of Scheherazade”
November 16, 2021  By The Cosmic Library 
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How 1,001 Nights Opened Paths to Infinite Story Possibility

Introducing a New Five-Part Series from The Cosmic Library
November 9, 2021  By The Cosmic Library 
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Reading Finnegans Wake Musically Might Help Make Sense of It

This Week on Finnegan and Friends, a Podcast About the Most Mystifying Book Ever Written
April 29, 2021  By The Cosmic Library 
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Katherine O’Callaghan on the Irish Contexts for Mythical Figure Finn MacCool

This Week on Finnegan and Friends, a Podcast About the Most Mystifying Book Ever Written
April 22, 2021  By The Cosmic Library 
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On the Watery Language of Finnegans Wake

This Week on Finnegan and Friends, a Podcast About the Most Mystifying Book Ever Written
April 15, 2021  By The Cosmic Library 
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What a Sleep Specialist Has to Say About the Dreaminess of Finnegans Wake

This Week on Finnegan and Friends, a Podcast About the Most Mystifying Book Ever Written
April 8, 2021  By The Cosmic Library 
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Reading James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake… Without Trying to Decode It

Introducing a New Five-Part Series on the Most Mystifying Book Ever Written
April 1, 2021  By The Cosmic Library 
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Introducing Our Latest Podcast, Finnegan and Friends

A New Five-Part Series on the Most Mystifying Book Ever Written
March 25, 2021  By The Cosmic Library 
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