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Children’s Endearing Letters to Judy Blume About Masturbation, and the Beloved Author’s Response
Children’s Endearing Letters to Judy Blume About Masturbation, and the Beloved Author’s Response

“Dear Judy, I want to ask you a very important question…”

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Salvador Dalí’s Eccentric and Extravagant Life, Illustrated
Salvador Dalí’s Eccentric and Extravagant Life, Illustrated

Culture/commerce, person/persona, and other dualities that defined art history’s favorite lunatic.

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Ten Days at the Mad-House: How Nellie Bly Posed as Insane in 1887 in Her Brave Exposé of Asylum Abuse
Ten Days at the Mad-House: How Nellie Bly Posed as Insane in 1887 in Her Brave Exposé of Asylum Abuse

A timeless and sobering reminder that the true measure of power is not how deftly we can assert our authority but how much kindness and compassion we can show others in their greatest moments of vulnerability.

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Mood Science and the Evolutionary Origins of Depression
Mood Science and the Evolutionary Origins of Depression

What language and symbolism have to do with mood and how light exposure and sleep shape our mental health.

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Anne Lamott on Writing and Why Perfectionism Kills Creativity
Anne Lamott on Writing and Why Perfectionism Kills Creativity

“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life.”

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Artist Matt Freedman’s Courageous Visual Diary of Cancer
Artist Matt Freedman’s Courageous Visual Diary of Cancer

A graphic chronicle emanating honesty and humor — our two greatest weapons in the face of helplessness.

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What the Science of “Sleep Paralysis” Reveals About How the Brain Works
What the Science of “Sleep Paralysis” Reveals About How the Brain Works

How a neurological nightmare illuminates the wondrous workings of the brain-body connection.

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Drawing Autism: A Visual Tour of the Autistic Mind from Kids and Celebrated Artists on the Spectrum
Drawing Autism: A Visual Tour of the Autistic Mind from Kids and Celebrated Artists on the Spectrum

Pattern-recognition, demon-taming, and a humbling invitation into a different way of experiencing the world.

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The Culture and Costs of Anxiety
The Culture and Costs of Anxiety

“Few people today would dispute that chronic stress is a hallmark of our times or that anxiety has become a kind of cultural condition of modernity.”

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Jeanette Winterson on Adoption, Belonging, and How We Use Storytelling to Save Ourselves
Jeanette Winterson on Adoption, Belonging, and How We Use Storytelling to Save Ourselves

“When we write we offer the silence as much as the story. Words are the part of silence that can be spoken.”

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