The Marginalian
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Reads by Kirstin Butler

Of Lamb: A Children’s Classic Retold for Contrarians
Of Lamb: A Children’s Classic Retold for Contrarians

What baseball player Manny Ramirez has to do with the fourth-best-selling poetry book in America.

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Nabokov’s Legacy: Bequeathing Butterfly Theory
Nabokov’s Legacy: Bequeathing Butterfly Theory

Getting schooled in the arts and sciences, or what literature has to do with lepidoptery.

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7 Platforms Changing the Future of Publishing and Storytelling
7 Platforms Changing the Future of Publishing and Storytelling

Cutting out the middleman, or what the Nobel Peace Prize has to do with harnessing the potential of tablets.

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Power: Platon’s Portraits of World Leaders
Power: Platon’s Portraits of World Leaders

A geopolitical time capsule, or how to get Mahmoud Abbas and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad an inch apart.

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The Cloud Collector’s Handbook: Cloudy Images to Clear the Mind
The Cloud Collector’s Handbook: Cloudy Images to Clear the Mind

Why cirrus, cumulus, and stratus are only the tiny tip of a floating iceberg. Or wait, I think I see a dinosaur!

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7 Fundamental Meditations on Faith
7 Fundamental Meditations on Faith

What the magician Penn Gillette has to do with a ring of earth 700 miles north of the equator.

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7 Platforms for Collaborative Creation for the Post-Industrial Age
7 Platforms for Collaborative Creation for the Post-Industrial Age

Reining in the maker movement, or what 3-D printed bikinis have to do with adjustable-height dog dishes.

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The Best Book, Magazine & Catalog Covers from around the World
The Best Book, Magazine & Catalog Covers from around the World

Reasons to buy yet another Nabokov, or why first impressions still matter the most.

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The Modernist: Graphic Design’s Mid-Century Muse
The Modernist: Graphic Design’s Mid-Century Muse

Celebrating the hot-and-heavy love affair between classical modern and contemporary graphics.

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Live Now: Existential Affirmation by Design
Live Now: Existential Affirmation by Design

Publishing’s most positive tear sheets, or how a placemat can change your whole outlook on the day.

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