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Tag: Books
My Father’s Suitcase – Orhan Pamuk
But my story has a symmetry that immediately reminded me of something else that day, and that brought me an … More
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue – Lee Mackenzi
My hands are upon his face, mirror to the spot where I’ll carry red, puckered scars for the rest of … More
How Will You Measure Your Life? Clay Christensen
It’s actually really important that you succeed at what you’re succeeding at, but that isn’t going to be the measure … More
Lonely Hearts – Nadia Eghbal
By contrast, authors like Murakami and Kundera tell the tale in reverse. Their heroes start out with their beloved right … More
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present
I came to conceive of a book that would dismantle the tale of our demise by way of a new … More
If Sapiens were a blogpost – Neil Kakkar
I spent over 25 hours building a cut-down version of Sapiens. The goal? Future-me should be happy to read this … More
Ethics – Aristotle
A final word, on the fact that the beautiful in the Ethics is not an object of contemplation simply, but the … More
Knowing Our Own Strength – Harold Kushner ( Echoes of Sinai)
Knowing Our Own Strength November 22, 2018 By Rabbi Harold Kushner The Statue of Liberty, placed in New York harbor … More