“By treating DNA as a language, Brian Hie’s ‘ChatGPT for genomes’ could pick up patterns that humans can’t see, accelerating biological design.”
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A Portrait of the Artist as an Amazon Reviewer
“Between 2003 and 2019, Kevin Killian published almost twenty-four hundred reviews on the site. Can they be considered literature?”
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An English Murder Mystery, an Antarctic Romance, and Our Top 5
“I know this land is far from sinister, I know it is appreciated by those who live here, but I also see that the life of a dairy farmer is often a hard, unforgiving existence. And no family saw that solitude and struggle more than the Luxtons.” In the late summer of 1975, deep in […]
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The Alabama Landline That Keeps Ringing
“Auburn University’s help desk is still answering the public’s calls 70 years on.”
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Can this Sherpa Change Mountain Climbing Forever?
“Last year, at age 18, Nima Rinji Sherpa became the youngest climber to summit the world’s 14 tallest peaks. His next challenge is even trickier.”
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One Man’s Journey from State Prison to a Revered San Francisco Restaurant
“Even more importantly, Salazar believed in Thomas as a man—a good man.”
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Barnaby’s Futura Fantasy
“In Crockett Johnson’s iconic comic strip, the type speaks for itself.”
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A Nation Deranged
“Matt Eich’s photobook series, ‘The Invisible Yoke,’ is an exorcism of the country’s demons.”
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Love In The Shape Of Cut Fruit
“Life is filled with bitter and hard things. When you extract pits, piths, and peels, fruit becomes a reliable source of pure sweetness, only softness.”
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A Trip to the Library and Our Weekly Top 5
“I may never have wanted to be a librarian, but I love this job. This specific job. Not because of any kind of noble commitment to knowledge or love of books. I love it because every day requires me to meet humanity face to face.” What does it mean to be a librarian today? At […]
