Articles Tagged with literature

Unimportant history

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Obscure biography

A book about someone we’d never heard of turns out to be unexpectedly interesting.

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Getting the stars right

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Does it matter?

We wonder how careful a fiction author really needs to be.

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Cyborg students

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Mechanical aids

When we test students today, what do we test?

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Long reads

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An unfair advantage

How many people read a thousand-page book?

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Clutter

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The state of your desk

How clear should your desk, office or home be?

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New books and old

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Adding and subtracting

We have too many books, but sometimes we add more.

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The last novel

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Favorite authors

When do you finish, if there’s no prospect of more?

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Blast from the past

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History and pre-history

We ponder a very old story, and something that could have been an old story.

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Moonset, Moonrise

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Signs in the sky

Was it a long day, or a long night?

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Arguing with Montaigne

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Dealing with great writers

We consider how to treat the first essayist.

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