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Why an Early Feminist Advocated for the Right to Divorce

Why an Early Feminist Advocated for the Right to Divorce

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Water, Water Everywhere: Readings on Life’s Essential Ingredient

Water, Water Everywhere: Readings on Life’s Essential Ingredient

From Gilgamesh to Climate Science, Giulio Boccaletti Recommends Stories of Water

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Edward Glaeser on the Evolution of City Life

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In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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Azeem Azhar on Technology and the Exponential Gap

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If I Had Loved Her Less: On a Queer Reading of Henry David Thoreau and the Daily Performance of Manhood

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In Celebration of Laurie Colwin’s Lost Manhattan

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Seeking a More Tranquil Mind? Take Horace’s Advice

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Alan Jacobs on Getting an Education in Possibility From the Ancients

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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

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Thom Hartmann on the Shameful History of American Healthcare

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