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In his book Improbable Mentors & Happy Tangents, Michael Perry writes about author Jim Harrison, a mentor he’s never met. Harisson helped Perry find his voice—to not make his writing sing but rather l...

Yes, it still makes plenty of mistakes, but it has become part of the job for many.

“Every moment alters what came before. We reach across layers of time for the memories of our memories.”

The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.

Including third options, if it were easy, past victories, the asshole in your head, and uncut wood

PBS KIDS produces popular age-appropriate programs. It also has a website and multiple apps with games and activities.

“Such a simple revolution: Yesterday I thought myself at the center of the world. Now the world seems to sit at the center of me.”

There is more than one way to dice an onion…

Also, discover mode, outdoor kids, what makes us human, and paper

Last June my wife and I camped at Newport State Park in Door County. It’s Wisconsin’s only internationally certified dark sky park. A good place to go to find space outside of you.

When Gen Francisco Franco banned the use of the ancient Euskara language, residents of the Basque Country fought to keep it alive.

Also, paired, teaching hard history, reconciliation, and proximity to difference

‘Everything becomes crab’ is more than an absurd meme. The crab is a deep symbol of our devil’s bargain with technology

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Also, first steps, the seeds you sow, the flowers you plant, and paying it forward

Also, a TED interview on creativity and loss, a refuge in grief, the shadow elephant, and "Not Broken"

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Including small things, big things, giving space, a dog's perspective, and reading the world

In praise of that quiet, nonjudgmental place of permission where all healing begins.

Words of comfort and compassion from Albert Einstein, Abraham Lincoln, Rachel Carson, Charles Darwin, Alan Turing, Johannes Brahms, and Charles Dickens.

One answer to the question of “How do I help a grieving friend?” is to acknowledge their circumstances…to R

The Low co-founder on the death of his wife and bandmate Mimi Parker and his experimental new album 'White Roses, My God.'

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The violin is smaller than a human hair and has "laid the groundwork" for future research.

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Including small things, big things, giving space, a dog's perspective, and reading the world

Only a tiny sliver of the Universe’s light can be seen by human eyes. But today we’re catching glimpses of the invisible

Walking through the white-walled gallery at the graduation show of one of New York’s most esteemed art schools, between beautiful young people with Instagram faces, I was struck to see projec…

Earlier this year, Alex Perry Ross released his very strange and good meta-documentary called Pavements about the titular ’90s rock group. Today, we finally get to enjoy the film’s original soundtrack...

José Mujica, the charismatic former guerrilla fighter who later went on to lead Uruguay and became known as "the world's poorest president" for his austere lifestyle, has died at 89.

Including the library, a study of losses, Apocalipsis, After Babel, and disintegration

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The Cure's 1989 album, released during what was arguably the band's peak period, receives a lavish reissue with some terrific bonus material