What makes people unhappy?
By Bertrand Russell. This is from Chapter 1 of his book The Conquest of Happiness. …the problem of the individual: what can a man or […]
By Bertrand Russell. This is from Chapter 1 of his book The Conquest of Happiness. …the problem of the individual: what can a man or […]
A field guide to bullshit 13 June 2011 by Alison George Magazine issue 2816. Subscribe and save For similar stories, visit the Interviews Topic Guide […]
The falling is the rain The week after I get back from Istanbul I go on a meditation retreat with Thich Nhat Hahn, the Vietnamese […]
Excerpted from the short story New Year’s Resolution by Lydia Davis. From The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis My New Year’s Resolution is to learn […]
By JONATHAN FRANZEN (This is an excerpt from a commencement speech he delivered on May 21, 2011 at Kenyon College.) My friend Alice Sebold likes […]
‘Confessions of a Young Novelist’ by Umberto Eco Umberto Eco in New York in 2005. (Tina Fineberg / Associated Press) By Susan Salter Reynolds Los […]
By Fernando Pessoa, from a selection of posthumously discovered prose pieces published, for the first time in English, in the October 2009 issue of […]
From issue 2759 of New Scientist magazine, page 65 and issue 2813 page 62 and issue 2763 page 69. What is the significance of James […]
“Why do people keep photographs?” “Why? Goodness knows! Why do people keep things— junk—trash, bits and pieces. They do—that’s all there is to it!” […]
From The New Making of a Cook: The Art, Techniques, And Science Of Good Cooking by Madeleine Kamman. 6 servings6 large sweet potatoes or yams […]
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