The Marginalian
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Sylvia Plath’s Drawings
Sylvia Plath’s Drawings

“The pleasure of odds and ends,” in pen, ink, and literary history.

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The Origins of Sex: How the First Sexual Revolution Shaped Modern Society
The Origins of Sex: How the First Sexual Revolution Shaped Modern Society

Anatomy of the osmotic balance between public and private, with a side of morality and law.

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An Unquiet History of Libraries and Navigating Knowledge, from Alexandria to the Internet
An Unquiet History of Libraries and Navigating Knowledge, from Alexandria to the Internet

“…texts, fabrics to be shredded and woven together in new combinations and patterns…”

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Bee City: 1951 Short Film about the Social Life of Bees
Bee City: 1951 Short Film about the Social Life of Bees

What goes on inside the microcosm of one of Earth’s most fascinating civilizations.

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