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The Complicated Comforts of Marilynne Robinson

The Complicated Comforts of Marilynne Robinson

Could One Writer Help Me Reckon with Personal and Political Upheaval?

By Rachel Vorona Cote | April 13, 2018

The World Might Not Be As Disastrous As We Think It Is

The World Might Not Be As Disastrous As We Think It Is

Steven Pinker on the Virulence of Contemporary Pessimism

By Steven Pinker | March 1, 2018

11 Books to Read If You Want to Understand Caste in India

11 Books to Read If You Want to Understand Caste in India

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By S. Shankar | December 4, 2017

Love and Death at the Library with the Astro Poets

Love and Death at the Library with the Astro Poets

"I had that nervous date feeling, like you were all a giant Earth sign”

By Kyle Lucia Wu | December 1, 2017

Science vs. Religion: Travels in the Great American Divide

Science vs. Religion: Travels in the Great American Divide

Dinty W. Moore Tries to Find the Mythical Middle Ground

By Dinty W. Moore | October 30, 2017

How Loving <em>The Princess Bride</em> Led Me to Buddhism

How Loving The Princess Bride Led Me to Buddhism

Ethan Nichtern on the Film He's Seen (At Least) 30 Times

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Dreams of My Mother, for One Last Passover

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From Imbibing Spirits to Spiritualist Mediums

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Angels, Devils, and Falling From Grace into Fiction

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The Genius of Judaism

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Kurt Vonnegut's Atheist Marvels, Just in Time For Christmas

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How Borges Taught Me to Embrace My Jewish Heritage

How Borges Taught Me to Embrace My Jewish Heritage

"Borges was my rabbinical master in a Yeshiva the Size of the Globe"

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Gretzky to Wittgenstein to Nabokov... He Scores!

Gretzky to Wittgenstein to Nabokov... He Scores!

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Starting Your Own Religion Is Actually Pretty Easy

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