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Everything Is Going To Be OK: Aesthetic Anesthesia for the Soul
Everything Is Going To Be OK: Aesthetic Anesthesia for the Soul

An antidote to cynicism by way of typography, or what it’s all right to have everything you want.

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Why We Love: Five Revelatory Books on the Psychology of the Heart
Why We Love: Five Revelatory Books on the Psychology of the Heart

What Oscar Wilde has to do with Hippocrates and the neurochemistry of romance.

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5 (More) Children’s Books for Grown-Ups
5 (More) Children’s Books for Grown-Ups

What escaping boredom has to do with altruism theory and the Egyptian revolution.

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Gilbert Tuhabonye on Genocide, Running and Forgiveness
Gilbert Tuhabonye on Genocide, Running and Forgiveness

What the human capacity for evil has to do with the divine gift of joy.

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The Fairest Fowl: Portraits of Championship Chickens
The Fairest Fowl: Portraits of Championship Chickens

A universal standard for beauty, or what 12,000 birds have to do with NPR.

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