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From Cells to Souls: The Poetic Science of How the Brain Became
From Cells to Souls: The Poetic Science of How the Brain Became

The making of our densely networked crucible of thought and tenderness.

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The Unphotographable: Richard Powers on the Majestic Mass Migration of Sandhill Cranes
The Unphotographable: Richard Powers on the Majestic Mass Migration of Sandhill Cranes

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Into the Heart of Life: Richard Powers on Living with Bewilderment at the Otherworldly Wonder of Our World
Into the Heart of Life: Richard Powers on Living with Bewilderment at the Otherworldly Wonder of Our World

“That’s the ruling story on this planet. We live suspended between love and ego.”

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How Our Story Ends: Richard Powers on Rewriting Earth’s Future History
How Our Story Ends: Richard Powers on Rewriting Earth’s Future History

Reawakening to the rapture and responsibility of “a changing world that by every calculation ought never to have been.”

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Music and the Body: Richard Powers on the Power of Song
Music and the Body: Richard Powers on the Power of Song

“The use of music is to remind us how short a time we have a body.”

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Richard Powers on the Most Important Attitude You Can Take Toward Your Life and the World
Richard Powers on the Most Important Attitude You Can Take Toward Your Life and the World

“This fluke, single, huge, cross-indexed, thermodynamic experiment of a story that the world has been inventing to tell itself at bedtime is still in embryo. It’s not even the outline of a synopsis of notes toward a rough draft yet.”

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