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On the Role of Children’s Books Within the Realm of Social Evolution

On the Role of Children’s Books Within the Realm of Social Evolution

“A child who feels scolded or lectured to is less apt to pay attention.”

By Leonard S. Marcus | March 29, 2023

Clancy Martin on the Contradictions of Living Through Suicidal Moments

Clancy Martin on the Contradictions of Living Through Suicidal Moments

Or: How To Talk About Wanting To Kill Yourself

By Clancy Martin | March 28, 2023

Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross on How Art Improves Individual and Communal Health

Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross on How Art Improves Individual and Communal Health

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 24, 2023

Carol Graham on How the Science of Well Being Can Save Us From Despair

Carol Graham on How the Science of Well Being Can Save Us From Despair

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 24, 2023

What Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener” Tells Us About Memory Loss

What Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener” Tells Us About Memory Loss

Dasha Kiper on Understanding and Caring For Dementia Patients

By Dasha Kiper | March 23, 2023

A Pathless Wood: Navigating the Poetic Border Between Health and Harm

A Pathless Wood: Navigating the Poetic Border Between Health and Harm

James Davis May on Poetry's Power to Indulge and Control Depression

By James Davis May | March 23, 2023

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Julia Samuel on Transgenerational Trauma and Family Well-Being

By Just the Right Book | March 23, 2023

After the Orgasmic Meditation Commune, I Had to Fix My Warped Thinking About Wellness

By Pooja Lakshmin | March 22, 2023

Joanne Lipman Reveals the Five Laws of Reinventing Our Lives and Work

By Keen On | March 22, 2023

Little House of Propaganda: Homesteading Myths and the Sentimentality of Self-Reliance

Little House of Propaganda: Homesteading Myths and the Sentimentality of Self-Reliance

Alissa Quart on the Bootstrap Narratives of Laura Ingalls Wilder

By Alissa Quart | March 20, 2023

On the Ethics of Preserving—and Cutting Short—the Life of a Pet

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Karen Fine Considers a Veterinarian’s Duty of Care

By Karen Fine | March 17, 2023

What Survivors of Trauma Demand From Their Abusers—and the Public At Large

What Survivors of Trauma Demand From Their Abusers—and the Public At Large

Judith L. Herman on Collective Acknowledgement in the Aftermath of Sexual Violence

By Judith L. Herman | March 17, 2023

Inside COVID-19’s Ground Zero: How China Transformed Into an Open-Air Prison

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Murong Xuecun on the Dangerous Intersection of Deceit, Technology, and Totalitarianism

By Murong Xuecun | March 17, 2023

Is Gillian Anderson’s New Anthology of Women’s Sexual Fantasies Too Restrictive?

Is Gillian Anderson’s New Anthology of Women’s Sexual Fantasies Too Restrictive?

Ellie Broughton on the Sex Education Star’s Replanting of a Secret Garden

By Ellie Broughton | March 16, 2023

Are Mindfulness and Yoga the Luxuries of a Privileged Class?

Are Mindfulness and Yoga the Luxuries of a Privileged Class?

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Dealing with the Dead in Japan: On Cleaning Up After the Departed

Dealing with the Dead in Japan: On Cleaning Up After the Departed

Anne Allison Considers the Post-Mortem Care Work of “Keepers”

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