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03/06/2023

Jottings During Covid

Quiet observations on time paused

by Balu George

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11/03/2015

How Not to Be a Gentleman

Plus: Dancers' dilemmas, mammalian metaphors, and notable numbers

by Maren Larsen

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03/02/2014

A Splash of Cold Water

On the appeal of Giacomo Leopardi's Zibaldone.

by Morgan Meis

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02/24/2014

A Story of the Present

Journey to the Center of the Earth at 150.

by Stefany Anne Golberg

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12/06/2013

The Philosophy of Death

Miguel de Unamuno was a man of contradictions. He saw tragedy and death in life, and that was why he loved it.

by Stefany Anne Golberg

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03/08/2011

Artist Unknown

The original portrait of William Shakespeare.

by Morgan Meis

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01/20/2009

A Second Opinion

Confronting the West's questionable ideas of what it means to be a victim.

by Morgan Meis

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