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Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, and Ms. Boodle: Robert Louis Stevenson’s Advice on Writing to a Young Woman Aspiring to Be an Author
1 day ago
In late 1884, Adelaide Boodle — talented, timorous, still in her twenties...
Kahlil Gibran on the Art of Becoming Yourself Across the Sweep of Life
1 day ago
A roadmap to the fulfilled belonging on the other side of “the...
Antidotes to Fear of Death: Astronomer and Poet Rebecca Elson’s Stunning Cosmic Salve for Existential Tremors
2 days ago
“Sometimes as an antidote to fear of death, I eat the stars.”...
Dostoyevsky in Love
2 days ago
“I love her happiness more than my own.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky (November 11,...
From Mitochondria to Minds: The Illustrated Science of the Psychedelic Dream Called Life
6 days ago
Like consciousness, like music, like love, life itself didn’t have to exist...
De Profundis: Patti Smith Reads Oscar Wilde’s Stirring Letter on Suffering and Transcendence, Penned in Prison
9 days ago
“I have got to make everything that has happened to me good...
How to Love: Legendary Zen Buddhist Teacher Thich Nhat Hanh on Mastering the Art of “Interbeing”
9 days ago
“To love without knowing how to love wounds the person we love.”...
How to Bear Your Sorrows: Nick Cave on Integrating the Darkness of Loss with the Bright Ongoingness of Life
10 days ago
Few things in our culture are more wounding than the concept of...
How to Spot and How to Stop a Liar: Hannah Arendt on Deception, Self-Deception, and the Psychology of Defactualization
12 days ago
“No matter how large the tissue of falsehood that an experienced liar...
How to Help Someone Change: The Samurai Guide to Giving Feedback
12 days ago
Few things in life are more exasperating than seeing the potential in...
Nick Cave on the Antidote to Our Existential Helplessness
15 days ago
Stepping up to the subtle gestures that can redeem a day, or...