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Kurt Vonnegut’s 8 Tenets of Storytelling – The Marginalian
August 12, 2026
Kurt Vonnegut’s 8 Tenets of Storytelling – The Marginalian
[ad_1] By Maria Popova The year of reading more and writing better is well underway with writing advice the likes…
J.R.R. Tolkien on Fairy Tales, Language, the Psychology of Fantasy, and Why There’s No Such Thing as Writing “For Children” – The Marginalian
August 11, 2026
J.R.R. Tolkien on Fairy Tales, Language, the Psychology of Fantasy, and Why There’s No Such Thing as Writing “For Children” – The Marginalian
[ad_1] “I do not believe that I have ever written a children’s book,” the great Maurice Sendak once said in…
8 Decluttering Books to Help You Simplify
August 10, 2026
8 Decluttering Books to Help You Simplify
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Alan Watts on the Ocean and the Meaning of Life – The Marginalian
August 10, 2026
Alan Watts on the Ocean and the Meaning of Life – The Marginalian
[ad_1] Four billion years ago, in the hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the world where serpentine is forged, chemistry…
Nick Cave on the Two Pillars of a Meaningful Life – The Marginalian
August 10, 2026
Nick Cave on the Two Pillars of a Meaningful Life – The Marginalian
[ad_1] We are each born with a wilderness of possibility within us. Who we become depends on how we tend…
How to Be a Good Explorer on the Lifelong Expedition to Yourself – The Marginalian
August 9, 2026
How to Be a Good Explorer on the Lifelong Expedition to Yourself – The Marginalian
[ad_1] Life is an ongoing expedition into the brambled tendrilled wilderness of ourselves, continually stymied by all we mistake for…
Hannah Arendt on Love and How to Live with the Fundamental Fear of Loss – The Marginalian
August 8, 2026
Hannah Arendt on Love and How to Live with the Fundamental Fear of Loss – The Marginalian
[ad_1] “Love, but be careful what you love,” the Roman African philosopher Saint Augustine wrote in the final years of…
90/90 rule for decluttering + the fix everything smoothie
August 7, 2026
90/90 rule for decluttering + the fix everything smoothie
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An Illustrated Love Letter to the World – The Marginalian
August 7, 2026
An Illustrated Love Letter to the World – The Marginalian
[ad_1] We forget that none of this had to exist — that we weren’t owed mountains and music by the…
The Science of Rupture, Repair, and Reciprocity – The Marginalian
August 5, 2026
The Science of Rupture, Repair, and Reciprocity – The Marginalian
[ad_1] “A purely disembodied human emotion is a nonentity,” William James wrote in his pioneering 1884 theory of how our…
