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Book Review: The Storyteller / El hablador
I read Mario Vargas Llosa’s El hablador in Spanish, with Helen R. Lane’s English translation open beside me, and can safely say it changed how I think about storytelling, language, and what we lose…
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Book Review: The Imperfectionists
It’s 2:47 a.m. and I just finished Tom Rachman’s The Imperfectionists. This book wrecked me in the best possible way. I feel like I just lived ten different lives inside one newsroom. It’s set…
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Course Recap: MoMA’s Fashion as Design
After finishing Modern Art & Ideas, I took Fashion as Design expecting something light and maybe a little glamorous. Instead, it made me think harder about the clothes I wear than I ever had…
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Book Review: Sticks and Stones
Emily Bazelon’s Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy changed the way I think about bullying. (Side note: that’s now two books with absurdly long…
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Book Review: Broad Strokes
I picked up Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History (In That Order) expecting a straightforward overview of women artists, but what I found felt so much more alive. Bridget Quinn…
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Reflection: Design Internship
When I am reading on my favorite chair by my bedroom window, I am the best version of myself. But why is this? What about this arrangement of sunlight and soft surfaces brings this…
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Book Review: The Architecture of Happiness
“Manifesto” may sound too forceful for Alain de Botton’s quietly poetic writing, but it feels right to me to call The Architecture of Happiness exactly that: a manifesto in defense of the emotional and…
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Course Recap: MoMA’s Modern Art & Ideas
I didn’t sign up for this course expecting much. I thought it would be a nice, low-effort way to feel productive between homework and late-night cereal—something to half-watch like a documentary you don’t actually…
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Book Review: The Complete Zaha Hadid
I would call this book an excellent read for anyone wanting a deep dive into perhaps the most important female architect of all time. The Complete Zaha Hadid, written by Aaron Betsky, feels like…
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