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A Muse and a Maze: Writing as Puzzle, Mystery, and Magic

By Peter Turchi

 

Notes on Nursing

By Florence Nightingale

 

The Oldest Living Things in the World

By Rachel Sussman

 

Precious Nonsense: The Gettysburg Address, Ben Jonson’s Epitaphs on His Children, and Twelfth Night

By Stephen Booth

 

Infinite Jest

By David Foster Wallace

 
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