Even when there's no one else in the room, we're never really alone, argues Joshua Wolf Schenk. We're in constant creative dialogue with the voices in our heads. But we need solitude to hear them. So this Valentine's Day, go spend some time alone!
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Eddy Joe Cotton has been riding the rails for almost a decade. He tells Steve Paulson that the a hobo spends most of his life waiting for one of three things: a bottle, love and the next freight.
Cultural critic David Shields wants to change the way we think about art.
Author and physician Atul Gawande recommends "My Struggle" by Karl Ove Knausgaard.
Essayist Chuck Klosterman talks with Steve Paulson about TV's "Mad Men."
It can be awkward to receive gifts. Especially if they’re gifts you don’t really want. The same goes for help.
Haddayr Copley- Woods has been grappling with how to handle unwanted help since she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
Death is the one that no one can survive. Unless… well, it depends on just how dead you are.
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