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The Creative Power of Uncertainty: Polish Poet Wisława Szymborska’s Magnificent Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech – the Marginalian Arts
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The Creative Power of Uncertainty: Polish Poet Wisława Szymborska’s Magnificent Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech – the Marginalian

In her 1996 Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Polish poet Wisława Szymborska offered something rarer than gratitude: a quiet defense of not-knowing as the very condition that keeps a life - and a civilization - alive. Szymborska argued that inspiration belongs not only to artists...

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How to Handle Provocation: Bertrand Russell’s Remarkable Response to a Fascist – the Marginalian Inspiration
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How to Handle Provocation: Bertrand Russell’s Remarkable Response to a Fascist – the Marginalian

When Bertrand Russell, then nearly 90, received a letter from British fascist leader Oswald Mosley seeking a debate,...

Yup’ik Immersion School Program in Alaska Opens Doors to Cultural Connection | Truthout Schools
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Yup’ik Immersion School Program in Alaska Opens Doors to Cultural Connection | Truthout

At College Gate Elementary in Anchorage, Alaska, a Yup'ik language immersion program is doing something that...

From 6 to 194: How Assam Is Bringing Back the Pygmy Hog Environment
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From 6 to 194: How Assam Is Bringing Back the Pygmy Hog

In 1996, conservationists removed six pygmy hogs from the tall grasslands of Assam's Manas National Park - not to...

Wendell Berry on Solitude and the Two Great Enemies of Creative Work – the Marginalian Arts
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Wendell Berry on Solitude and the Two Great Enemies of Creative Work – the Marginalian

Wendell Berry, farmer and poet, offers a diagnosis of creative failure that cuts deeper than craft: the problem is...

Dog Parks Are an Antidote to the Isolation and Divisions That Social Media Can Fuel Community
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Dog Parks Are an Antidote to the Isolation and Divisions That Social Media Can Fuel

A pediatrician and researcher at the University of Pennsylvania found an unlikely diagnosis for modern loneliness...

A Boy Saved Her Life. 23 Years Later, She’s Marrying His Brother Inspiration
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A Boy Saved Her Life. 23 Years Later, She’s Marrying His Brother

A 10-year-old boy named Michael Waters told his family, before his death, that he wanted to be an organ donor - a...