Essay Communication Body Language By Arika Okrent When we form our thoughts into speech, some of it leaks through our gestures, revealing intricacies of language, ethnicity and assimilation. More
Essay Family A Harmony in Living By Garret Keizer Happy families are indeed all alike in calling forth the best of their members’ humanity. More
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Essay Luck La Soledad By Robert Coover Our lives are directed by the whims of fortune. Salvation often comes from unexpected places. More
Essay Medicine Great Expectations By Noga Arikha Medicine was once a humanistic endeavor, an art as well as a science. Today both doctors and patients fail to see that we are more than just our bodies. More
Essay The City Urban Scrawl By Jamie James The city novel begins with a young person arriving from the provinces—and the world rising up to greet them. More
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Essay Book of Nature And Such Small Deer By Garret Keizer A writer struggles to defend his trees from a pack of hungry deer—“an episode of great vexation and buffoonery.” More
