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In Defense of the Fluid Self: Why Anaïs Nin Turned Down a Harper’s Bazaar Profile
In Defense of the Fluid Self: Why Anaïs Nin Turned Down a Harper’s Bazaar Profile

“I am more interested in human beings than in writing, more interested in lovemaking than in writing, more interested in living than in writing.”

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Amelia Earhart on Marriage
Amelia Earhart on Marriage

“I cannot guarantee to endure at all times the confinements of even an attractive cage.”

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A Short Poem from Kurt Vonnegut
A Short Poem from Kurt Vonnegut

“And what, and what / Do the two think of?”

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The Cats of Copenhagen: Delightful Recently Discovered Children’s Story by James Joyce
The Cats of Copenhagen: Delightful Recently Discovered Children’s Story by James Joyce

A charming, irreverent picture-book based on Joyce’s letters to his only grandson.

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When Charles Darwin Hated Everybody
When Charles Darwin Hated Everybody

A necessary reminder that even geniuses have their despondent days.

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Rent Is Too Damn High, Vonnegut Edition: The Beloved Author’s Housing Woes
Rent Is Too Damn High, Vonnegut Edition: The Beloved Author’s Housing Woes

“You wonder what creates beatniks? Landlords!”

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Fiona Apple’s Stirring Handwritten Letter About Her Dying Dog
Fiona Apple’s Stirring Handwritten Letter About Her Dying Dog

“I wish we could also appreciate the time that lies right beside the end of time.”

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Kurt Vonnegut’s Daily Routine
Kurt Vonnegut’s Daily Routine

“In an unmoored life like mine, sleep and hunger and work arrange themselves to suit themselves, without consulting me.”

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The Art of “Negative Capability”: Keats on Embracing Uncertainty and Celebrating the Mysterious
The Art of “Negative Capability”: Keats on Embracing Uncertainty and Celebrating the Mysterious

On the art of remaining in doubt “without any irritable reaching after fact & reason.”

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Do Not Despise Your Inner World: Advice on a Full Life from Philosopher Martha Nussbaum
Do Not Despise Your Inner World: Advice on a Full Life from Philosopher Martha Nussbaum

“Our emotional life maps our incompleteness: A creature without any needs would never have reasons for fear, or grief, or hope, or anger.”

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