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Ursula K. Le Guin on the meaning of life themarginalian.org/2026/06/0…
Nathaniel Hawthorne on how to look and really see themarginalian.org/2022/08/1…
How to grow old without letting life become a parody of itself themarginalian.org/2026/10/2…
The Marginalian turns 20 (!) on Friday. I am constellating some of my favorite humans to read some of my favorite passages from books that have most helped me learn how to live. Join us live from Saratoga Springs – details and free livestream at the link: themarginalian.org/live/
Long before "Where the Wild Things Are," Maurice Sendak made his debut with a "children's" book that is really a work of philosophy exploring loneliness, love, and knowing what you really want (which is the hardest thing in life) themarginalian.org/2016/01/0…
Dark matter and the mystery of our mortal stardust, with an astronomer's stunning poem read by Patti Smith themarginalian.org/2022/02/2…
How to stop waiting and start living – a classic jolt from Henry James themarginalian.org/2026/10/2…
Nathaniel Hawthorne's account of his young daughter at his dying mother's bedside is one of the most moving, poignant things I have ever encountered about mortality and the meaning of life: themarginalian.org/2021/11/1…
The best thing ever written on how to live with the fundamental fear of loss that haunts all love themarginalian.org/2019/02/2…
How to be un-dead – notes on waking up from the trance of near-living themarginalian.org/2022/11/0…
An introvert's field guide to friendship – Thoreau on the challenges and rewards of candid connection themarginalian.org/2026/10/1…
The art of growing older – Simone de Beauvoir on how to keep life from becoming a parody of itself themarginalian.org/2026/10/2…
The constitution of the inner country – Leonard Cohen on language and the poetry of presence themarginalian.org/2026/10/2…
The single most effective remedy for despair – advice from T.H. White's Merlyn, with a side of Yo-Yo Ma themarginalian.org/2026/10/1…
Love after life — Nobel-winning physicist Richard Feynman's extraordinary love letter to his departed wife themarginalian.org/2017/10/1…
Arthur Rackham's revolutionary century-old illustrations for the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, which changed the sensibility and business of book art themarginalian.org/2016/02/2…
Very necessary qualifications of a great storyteller themarginalian.org/2026/06/0…
From pioneering aviator Anne Morrow Lindbergh, a wonderful short read on embracing the fluidity of relationships themarginalian.org/2024/02/1…
The single most effective remedy for despair – advice from T.H. White's Merlyn themarginalian.org/2026/10/1…