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Daily Rituals: A Guided Tour of Writers’ and Artists’ Creative Habits
Daily Rituals: A Guided Tour of Writers’ and Artists’ Creative Habits

Hemingway wrote standing, Nabokov on index cards, Twain while puffing cigars, and Sitwell in an open coffin.

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Eggs of Things: Anne Sexton and Maxine Cumin’s Science-Inspired 1963 Children’s Book
Eggs of Things: Anne Sexton and Maxine Cumin’s Science-Inspired 1963 Children’s Book

“These are all eggs of things. They will be our secret.”

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Givers, Takers, and Matchers: The Surprising Psychology of Success
Givers, Takers, and Matchers: The Surprising Psychology of Success

Counterintuitive insight on what makes people thrive from the wunderkind of organizational psychology.

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George Plimpton on the Art of Public Speaking and How to Overcome Stage Fright
George Plimpton on the Art of Public Speaking and How to Overcome Stage Fright

“The best speakers are those who make their words sound spontaneous even if memorized.”

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Things Nabokov Hates
Things Nabokov Hates

Why you should never, ever use the phrase “the moment of truth” in your writing.

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How to Find Fulfilling Work
How to Find Fulfilling Work

On the art-science of “allowing the various petals of our identity to fully unfold.”

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My Father’s Arms Are a Boat: A Tender Norwegian Tale of Love and Loss
My Father’s Arms Are a Boat: A Tender Norwegian Tale of Love and Loss

Reconciling the yin-yang of existence in the snowy Scandinavian outdoors.

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The Bed Book: Sylvia Plath’s Vintage Poems for Kids, Illustrated by Quentin Blake
The Bed Book: Sylvia Plath’s Vintage Poems for Kids, Illustrated by Quentin Blake

“Most Beds are Beds for sleeping and resting, but the best Beds are much more interesting!”

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Prospero’s Precepts: 11 Rules for Critical Thinking from Some of Humanity’s Greatest Minds
Prospero’s Precepts: 11 Rules for Critical Thinking from Some of Humanity’s Greatest Minds

To be or not to be certain — an exercise in the art and science of doubt.

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In Which Bertrand Russell and George Bernard Shaw Collide on Their Bicycles
In Which Bertrand Russell and George Bernard Shaw Collide on Their Bicycles

“Still I am not thoroughly convinced yet that I was not killed. Anybody but a vegetarian would have been.”

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