The Marginalian
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Reads tagged with “psychology”

Artist Ronald Searle’s Tender Illustrated Love Letter to His Wife Recovering from Cancer
Artist Ronald Searle’s Tender Illustrated Love Letter to His Wife Recovering from Cancer

What a tender true love story has to do with medieval illuminated manuscripts and experimental medicine.

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Situations Matter: How Context Shapes Our Lives
Situations Matter: How Context Shapes Our Lives

Debunking the myth of character, or what sitcoms have to do with the mysteries of personality.

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Iconic Playwright Harold Pinter on Truth in Drama (and in Life)
Iconic Playwright Harold Pinter on Truth in Drama (and in Life)

“The real truth is that there never is any such thing as one truth.”

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The 11 Best Biographies and Memoirs of 2011
The 11 Best Biographies and Memoirs of 2011

Illustrated correspondence, rock’n’roll, and what an old Kurt Vonnegut has to do with a young Hemingway.

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The 11 Best Psychology and Philosophy Books of 2011
The 11 Best Psychology and Philosophy Books of 2011

What it means to be human, how pronouns are secretly shaping our lives, and why we believe.

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Drawing Mental Illness: Artist Bobby Baker’s Visual Diary
Drawing Mental Illness: Artist Bobby Baker’s Visual Diary

Harvesting the daily flow of consciousness, or what group therapy has to do with marine life.

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Advice to Sink in Slowly: Designers Share Wisdom with First-Year Students in Poster Series
Advice to Sink in Slowly: Designers Share Wisdom with First-Year Students in Poster Series

Unpacking the secrets of happiness and creativity one poster at a time.

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How to Keep Your Hoping-Machine Running: 29-Year-Old Woody Guthrie’s List of Life-Resolutions
How to Keep Your Hoping-Machine Running: 29-Year-Old Woody Guthrie’s List of Life-Resolutions

How to keep on keeping on by keeping your dreams, changing your socks, and attaining self-actualization.

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The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossoms
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossoms

“If you give up, it’s all over.”

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Marginalia and the Yin-Yang of Reading and Writing
Marginalia and the Yin-Yang of Reading and Writing

The bibliophile’s property rights, or why the osmosis of agreement and disagreement belongs in a book’s margins.

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