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Reads by Kirstin Butler

Field Notes: A Glimpse Inside Great Explorers’ Notebooks
Field Notes: A Glimpse Inside Great Explorers’ Notebooks

On the singular joys of observing nature firsthand, or the best way to draw a bilaterally symmetrical sphinx moth.

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7 Brilliant Book Trailers
7 Brilliant Book Trailers

How to connect haberdashery to Zach Galifianakis in under three minutes.

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Moby-Duck: A Quest for the Story Behind Bathtime
Moby-Duck: A Quest for the Story Behind Bathtime

How a student assignment led to an around-the-world adventure, or what Eric Carle has to do with environmentalism.

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The Art of Immersion: Dissecting the Future of Storytelling
The Art of Immersion: Dissecting the Future of Storytelling

Groping our way into next-gen entertainment, or how the original Star Wars trilogy birthed Lost.

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Endnotes: A David Foster Wallace BBC Documentary
Endnotes: A David Foster Wallace BBC Documentary

Taking a master class in artistic bravery, or how to honor the work of a literary lion.

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5 Guides to Life from Cultural Luminaries
5 Guides to Life from Cultural Luminaries

Finding practical applications for philosophy, or what Ovid can teach us about sex.

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Five Manifestos for the Creative Life
Five Manifestos for the Creative Life

How a numbered list can start a personal revolution.

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40K Books: 99-Cent Essays by Million-Dollar Authors
40K Books: 99-Cent Essays by Million-Dollar Authors

Trying out the Italian cyberpunk job, or how to buy brilliance for under a dollar.

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The Late American Novel: Writers on the Future of Books
The Late American Novel: Writers on the Future of Books

Telling the fortune of tales to come, or what finallyfast.com has to do with writing.

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5 Must-See Talks from Google Zeitgeist
5 Must-See Talks from Google Zeitgeist

What the resilience of books has to do with the media arts and recasting the political limelight.

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