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Culture	Rereading My Childhood Author Timothy C. Baker examines how our childhood reading shapes our memories and the way we see the world. Timothy C. Baker \| Dec 4
Culture	Remembering My Friend Jean-Louis Cohen Thomas Weaver, Senior Acquisitions Editor for Art and Architecture at the MIT Press, reflects on the life and legacy of Jean-Louis Cohen, a hugely influential French architectural historian, curator, writer, and teacher, who died in August. Thomas Weaver \| Dec 2
Culture	Michael Taussig’s Delightful Anthropological Postcards A collection of postcards from the renowned anthropologist’s first fully illustrated picture book, “Postcards for Mia." Michael Taussig \| Nov 22
Culture	Bruno Latour on Anna Tsing’s ‘The Mushroom at the End of the World’ "It would be a euphemism to say this book is not anthropocentric — it places humanity on another orbit." Bruno Latour \| Nov 9
Culture	Stanisław Lem's Prescient Vision of Artificial Life As with the best science fiction, Lem’s novel “The Invincible” has as much to teach us about our present situations as any futures we may face. N. Katherine Hayles \| Nov 2
Culture	The Rhythm of Life at a Homeless Shelter in New England Author and anthropologist Elizabeth Carpenter-Song offers a glimpse into the challenges faced by rural families on the brink of homelessness. Elizabeth Carpenter-Song \| Oct 30
Culture	The Role of Myth in Language: From Lingua Adamica to Babel Linguist Marina Yaguello traces the myths, legends, and religious narratives that have shaped humanity's understanding of the origins of language. Marina Yaguello \| Oct 26
Culture	Chekhov and Memory Anton Chekhov's stories are a testament to the way memory can illuminate the path to understanding and endow a life with meaning. Abby Smith Rumsey \| Oct 23
Culture	Inside the Lizard Tree Library at Slab City Books in Slab City provide valuable footholds out here in the desert on the edge of society. Charlie Hailey \| Oct 16
Culture	Be Strong in the Broken Places: My Journey With Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s has devastated generations of my family tree. Now it has come for me. Greg O'Brien \| Oct 4