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Reader/writer. Founder of @brainpickings. MIT Fellow.
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Have you tried the BrainPickings newsletter? The week's most unmissable reads, every Sunday https://www.brainpickings.org/newsletter pic.twitter.com/dkCD1vXsb0
8:02 AM - 5 Apr 2016 · Details24 retweets 55 likes
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Cicero on envy and its counterintuitive kinship with compassion http://bit.ly/1Yqn9rE pic.twitter.com/z9c8FBlMkn
2:37 PM - 11 Apr 2016 · Details12 retweets 8 likes -
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Terrific NYT piece about chef extraordinaire
@CiaoSamin, one of the most talented and generous people I knowhttp://nyti.ms/1qE0xcF1:02 PM - 11 Apr 2016 · Details8 retweets 21 likes
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Poetry-lovers: Come to
@LincolnCenter on 4/27 to hear favorite poems by Paul Simon, Bill T. Jones, and yours truly: http://bit.ly/22pd2EE11 retweets 15 likes -
This comment by an 80-year-old Brain Pickings reader just filled my heart with joy http://bit.ly/1SZytJW (cc
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A gorgeous ode to dreams by Pulitzer-winning poet Mark Strand, who would've been 82 today http://bit.ly/23xQd42 pic.twitter.com/ukpw3NHaOU
11:26 AM - 11 Apr 2016 · Details30 retweets 38 likes -
The fluid dynamics of Van Gogh's "Starry Night" https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/11/13/van-gogh-starry-night-fluid-dynamics-animation/ …pic.twitter.com/7lhFRrnAM8
10:58 AM - 11 Apr 2016 · Details37 retweets 67 likes -
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"It’s such a lucky accident, having been born, that we’re almost obliged to pay attention." Mark Strand, b 4/11/1934https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/01/28/mark-strand-creativity/ …
10:29 AM - 11 Apr 2016 · Details32 retweets 70 likes
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Leonard Cohen on creativity https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/07/15/leonard-cohen-paul-zollo-creativity/ …pic.twitter.com/zXTBR3SUiD
10:02 AM - 11 Apr 2016 · Details63 retweets 80 likes -
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A beautiful celebration of clouds and their meanings by Pulitzer-winning poet Mark Strand,who would've been 82 todayhttps://www.brainpickings.org/2015/03/02/89-clouds-mark-strand-wendy-mark/ …
9:28 AM - 11 Apr 2016 · Details33 retweets 66 likes
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The illustrated life of Louise Bourgeois, one of the most extraordinary women who ever lived https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/04/08/cloth-lullaby-louise-bourgeois/ …pic.twitter.com/k2SDEj1ztF
9:03 AM - 11 Apr 2016 · Details62 retweets 104 likes -
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Remember Vonnegut, who died 9 years ago today, with his timeless wisdom on the secret of happinesshttps://www.brainpickings.org/2014/01/16/kurt-vonnegut-joe-heller-having-enough/ …
8:33 AM - 11 Apr 2016 · Details52 retweets 94 likes
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We do have a "suspicion of joy," such a poignant point: http://explore.brainpickings.org/post/142513810678/its-great-to-have-success-and-its-a-squandering …
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Pulitzer-winning poet Mark Strand, who would've been 82 today, on creativity – simply superb https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/01/28/mark-strand-creativity/ …pic.twitter.com/VP8UjstqBV
7:28 AM - 11 Apr 2016 · Details65 retweets 103 likes -
In reply to Nicholas Thompson
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@nxthompson Actually,@bobulate wrote/designed the ultimate taxonomy of email signoffs – 9 years ago http://bit.ly/o75S1b -
JFK on poetry, power, and the artist's role in society – one of the greatest speeches ever https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/05/01/jfk-amherst-speech/ …pic.twitter.com/8j4YqaAqp6
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@brainpicker reviews four new children's books that celebrate self-expression and imagination.http://nyti.ms/1oOdOOl10:28 AM - 10 Apr 2016 · Details40 retweets 65 likes
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Vonnegut died 9 years ago today – remember him with his advice to the young https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/04/17/if-this-isnt-nice-what-is-kurt-vonnegut-commencement/ …pic.twitter.com/jfbtfh5Tzg
6:31 AM - 11 Apr 2016 · Details136 retweets 154 likes -
The Artist's Reality – Rothko's little-known writings about art https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/02/17/the-artists-reality-mark-rothko/ …pic.twitter.com/d0coNzQWeX
5:58 AM - 11 Apr 2016 · Details32 retweets 70 likes -
David Whyte on vulnerability, presence, and how we enlarge ourselves by surrendering control https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/04/11/david-whyte-vulnerability/ …pic.twitter.com/zKN6P1no5Q
5:31 AM - 11 Apr 2016 · Details29 retweets 96 likes -
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The White Cat and the Monk — a lovely 9th-century ode to the joy of uncompetitive purposefulness, newly illustratedhttps://www.brainpickings.org/2016/04/11/the-white-cat-and-the-monk/ …
5:02 AM - 11 Apr 2016 · Details66 retweets 138 likes
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Maria Popova
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