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200 Years of Frankenstein: Mary Shelley’s Masterpiece as a Lens on Today’s Most Pressing Questions of Science, Ethics, and Human Creativity
“The labours of men of genius, however erroneously directed, scarcely ever fail in ultimately turning to the solid advantage of mankind.”
Sojourners in Space: Annie Dillard on What Mangrove Trees Teach Us About the Human Search for Meaning in an Impartial Universe
“We don’t know where we belong, but in times of sorrow it doesn’t seem to be here… where space is curved… we’re all going to die, and it seems as wise to stay in bed as budge.”
Singularity: Poet Marie Howe’s Beautiful Tribute to Stephen Hawking and Our Belonging to the Universe
“Do you sometimes want to wake up to the singularity we once were?”
The Universe as an Infinite Storm of Beauty: John Muir on the Transcendent Interconnectedness of Nature
“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.”
Theodore Roosevelt on the Cowardice of Cynicism and the Courage to Create Rather Than Tear Down
“The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer. There are many men who feel a kind of twisted pride in cynicism; there are many who confine themselves to criticism of the way others do what they themselves dare not even attempt.”
How to Eat an Apricot: Diane Ackerman on Art, Science, and Wonder
“First warm its continuous curve in cupped hands, holding it as you might a brandy snifter, then caress the velvety sheen with one thumb, and run your fingertips over its nap…”
The Universe in Verse: John Cameron Mitchell Reads Walt Whitman’s Beautiful Least Known Poem
A lyrical serenade to a world we barely dare imagine and to our kinship with those creatures most different from us.
Optimism: A Poetic Stop-Motion Celebration of Nature’s Resilience and the Persistence of Life Against All Odds
A spare and lovely ode to that which we so easily forget yet which animates the center of existence.
Sojourns in the Parallel World: America Ferrera Reads Denise Levertov’s Ode to Our Ambivalent Relationship with Nature
“We call it ‘Nature’; only reluctantly admitting ourselves to be ‘Nature’ too.”
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