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Oct 29, 2025
Last year the prolific and gifted Zadie Smith stumbled into controversy with the publication of “Shibboleth” in the New Yorker. She purportedly approached the white-hot...
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Sep 23, 2025
Some years ago, I was interviewing a Columbia neurologist for a potential article on imaging. After a tour of her laboratory and MRI scanner, dialogue about the frontal cortex and...
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Aug 22, 2025
WE’VE ALL HEARD (some among us have preached) well-meaning sermons about the importance of amplifying marginalized voices in literary spaces. Yet despite good...
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May 20, 2025
“Tennessee” is derived from the Cherokee noun Ta-Nas-Ce, “river with a big bend,” which could allude to scores of streams and meanders in the...
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May 15, 2025
Occasionally American genius favors those with little formal education. Benjamin Franklin, one of the greatest minds among the nation’s Founders, spent two years at...
Oct 29, 2025Last year the prolific and gifted Zadie Smith stumbled into controversy with the publication of “Shibboleth” in the New Yorker. She purportedly approached the white-hot...
Sep 23, 2025Some years ago, I was interviewing a Columbia neurologist for a potential article on imaging. After a tour of her laboratory and MRI scanner, dialogue about the frontal cortex and...
Aug 22, 2025WE’VE ALL HEARD (some among us have preached) well-meaning sermons about the importance of amplifying marginalized voices in literary spaces. Yet despite good...
May 15, 2025Occasionally American genius favors those with little formal education. Benjamin Franklin, one of the greatest minds among the nation’s Founders, spent two years at...