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How American Authors Helped Push an Agenda of “Temperance”

How American Authors Helped Push an Agenda of “Temperance”

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By Carl Erik Fisher | January 25, 2022

Imaginary Dentistry and Real Novels: On My Father’s Deathbed Hallucinations

Imaginary Dentistry and Real Novels: On My Father’s Deathbed Hallucinations

Eileen Pollack on Passion and Peace

By Eileen Pollack | January 24, 2022

The Rest Principle: On the Necessity of Recovery, in Fitness and Writing

The Rest Principle: On the Necessity of Recovery, in Fitness and Writing

Bill Hayes Applies the Lessons of Personal Training to the Life of a Writer

By Bill Hayes | January 20, 2022

Tareq Azim on Building a Healthy Relationship with Fear

Tareq Azim on Building a Healthy Relationship with Fear

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 20, 2022

Oh no: the children’s word of the year is ... “anxiety.”

Oh no: the children’s word of the year is ... “anxiety.”

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Kingsley Amis’s Instructions for Coping with Hangovers, Both Physical and Metaphysical

Kingsley Amis’s Instructions for Coping with Hangovers, Both Physical and Metaphysical

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