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How to be un-dread — Anaïs Nin and D.H. Lawrence on the key to living fully; C.S. Lewis on our task in troubled times; the woman who saved native song

Saturday, November 5, 2022

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Relationship repair and what true forgiveness takes, Sylvia Plath's ode to the tenacity of the creative spirit, women holding things

Sunday, October 30, 2022

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16 life-learnings from 16 years of The Marginalian (and the untold origin story)

Sunday, October 23, 2022

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Nick Cave on self-forgiveness and creativity, how to stop waiting and start living — a jolt from Henry James — and more

Saturday, October 22, 2022

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Music and the body, pioneering aviator Beryl Markham on night and the wisdom of solitude

Sunday, October 16, 2022

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