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Smellscapes: A Reading List on the Intersection of Scent, Culture, and Climate
Picture a city. Now picture yourself walking around that city’s downtown on a high summer afternoon. What does it smell like? Perhaps you imagine the pleasant fragrance of the decorative flowers on the…
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Reading Kate Briggs: Reflections on Motherhood, Narrative, and Time in The Long Form
When a book makes me pick up a pencil within its first few pages, I know that I am in for a rich reading experience, which makes me excited to keep turning the…
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Misreading Sally Rooney: Intermezzo in Focus
We are born, and one day, we cease to exist. If we’re lucky, we get to make a few interesting moves in between. To me, this is what Sally Rooney’s new novel, Intermezzo,…
