Mawi Asgedom fled the civil war in Ethiopia and spent part of his childhood in a refugee camp in Sudan, but ended up giving the commencement address at his Harvard graduation.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Lorrie Moore responds to Hillary Clinton as a cultural symbol and public personality.
Mike Greenberg is a self-described metrosexual who cares a lot about his appearance and lifestyle.
MP3 formatting compresses audio so that the file becomes 75 to 95 percent smaller. But what are we missing?
Travel writer Jan Morris tells Steve Paulson that she identifies with the city of Trieste which is a jumble of influences - East and West, past and present.
Environmentalist Bill McKibben believes it's time for a new environmental paradigm: small and local.
Robert Ferris Thompson muses about the movements of the tango and all the passions they express.
Sonic Youth co-founder Kim Gordon’s new memoir, “Girl in a Band,” is on our minds this week. The book chronicles the influential band’s career and the end of the marriage between Gordon and fellow co-founder Thurston Moore after 27 years.
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