In Celebration of Laurie Colwin’s Lost Manhattan

In Celebration of Laurie Colwin’s Lost Manhattan

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Seeking a More Tranquil Mind? Take Horace’s Advice

Seeking a More Tranquil Mind? Take Horace’s Advice

Alan Jacobs on Getting an Education in Possibility From the Ancients

By Alan Jacobs | September 13, 2021

Some Life Lessons (Read: Humiliations) From Playing Music

Some Life Lessons (Read: Humiliations) From Playing Music

Emily Itami on How Music Prepared Her For the Writing Life

By Emily Itami | September 13, 2021

Thom Hartmann on the Shameful History of American Healthcare

Thom Hartmann on the Shameful History of American Healthcare

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 13, 2021

Charles Foster on Communion with the More-Than-Human and the Limits of Language

Charles Foster on Communion with the More-Than-Human and the Limits of Language

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

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Triumph and Tragedy: On Being a Mets Fan... and Being a Mankiewicz

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Nick Davis on His Renowned Family and the Mysteries That Still Remain

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“I Would Not Take Prisoners.” Tolstoy’s Case Against Making War Humane

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