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June 6, 1917: Edna St. Vincent Millay Almost Gets Banned from Her Own Graduation
June 6, 1917: Edna St. Vincent Millay Almost Gets Banned from Her Own Graduation

“I always said … that I had come in over the fence & would probably leave the same way.”

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No Kidding: Women Writers and Comedians on the Choice Not to Have Children
No Kidding: Women Writers and Comedians on the Choice Not to Have Children

“Motherhood Personality Disorder is a complex, interfamilial compulsion fueled by estrogen, culture, religion, and the Family Values Industrial Complex.”

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How Attractive Are You To The Opposite Sex? Esquire’s 1949 Questionnaire
How Attractive Are You To The Opposite Sex? Esquire’s 1949 Questionnaire

“Almost any man can stand almost any amount of flattery.”

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Gay Talese’s Field Guide to the Social Order of New York’s Cats, Illustrated
Gay Talese’s Field Guide to the Social Order of New York’s Cats, Illustrated

A rare and wonderful 1961 taxonomy of Gotham’s feline fraternity from the godfather of literary journalism.

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How People Earn and Use Money: Vibrant Vintage Illustrations from 1968
How People Earn and Use Money: Vibrant Vintage Illustrations from 1968

“Before spending money a person should be sure he is doing the right thing.”

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The Philosophy of Immortality
The Philosophy of Immortality

“Millions long for immortality who don’t know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.”

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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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E. E. Cummings Reads “Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town” (Harvard, 1953)
E. E. Cummings Reads “Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town” (Harvard, 1953)

“…and noone stooped to kiss his face…”

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William Butler Yeats on Modern Poetry: A Rare 1936 BBC Recording
William Butler Yeats on Modern Poetry: A Rare 1936 BBC Recording

“Poetry must resemble prose, and both must accept the vocabulary of their time.”

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The Best Books of 2012: Your 10 Overall Favorites
The Best Books of 2012: Your 10 Overall Favorites

From children’s existential questions to 100 ideas that changed graphic design, by way of Yayoi Kusama and illustrated scientific mysteries.

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