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Meryl Streep reads "Morning Song" by Sylvia Plath, who would have been 94 today themarginalian.org/2018/04/0…
“Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
The story behind one of the greatest poems ever written, and a rare recording of Dylan Thomas (born on this day in 1914) reading it themarginalian.org/2024/01/1…
20 favorite books from 20 years of The Marginalian themarginalian.org/2026/10/2…
When the Oxford children's dictionary discarded dozens of nature-words—"dandelion," "fern," "starling"—as irrelevant to children's imagination and replaced them with words like "broadband" and "cut-and-paste," this inspired act of resistance was born: themarginalian.org/2019/06/1…
Sundogs and the sacred geometry of wonder – the fascinating science of the phenomenon that inspired Hilma af Klint, born on this day in 1862 themarginalian.org/2023/05/1…
"When power corrupts, poetry cleanses. For art establishes the basic human truth which must serve as the touchstone of our judgment."
On this day in 1963, JFK delivered one of the greatest (and truest) speeches of all time themarginalian.org/2015/05/0…
Tchaikovsky on depression and finding beauty amid the wreckage of the soul themarginalian.org/2015/11/1…
Oliver Sacks on the 3 essential elements of creativity themarginalian.org/2017/11/0…
Bob Dylan on the unconscious mind and the ideal conditions for creative work themarginalian.org/2026/10/2…
The Baloney Detection Kit – Carl Sagan's timeless tenets of critical thinking themarginalian.org/2026/10/2…
20 favorite children's books from 20 years of The Marginalian: themarginalian.org/2026/10/2…
20 favorite books from 20 years of The Marginalian mailchi.mp/themarginalian/20…
Although he won the Nobel Prize for his fiction, I think John Steinbeck's greatest masterpiece is this strange, splendid book at the intersection of marine biology and philosophy: themarginalian.org/2022/11/0…
The power of surrender and the paradox of self-transcendence – timeless wisdom from The Moomins themarginalian.org/2015/01/2…
The greatest commencement address of all time – Nobel-winning poet Joseph Brodsky's 6 rules for playing the game of life like a winner themarginalian.org/2013/12/1…
20 favorite children's books from 20 years of The Marginalian themarginalian.org/2026/10/2…
"Things take the time they take. Don't worry."
Mary Oliver on how to live fully: themarginalian.org/2015/02/0…
"By reaching beyond the brain... we are able to focus more intently, comprehend more deeply, and create more imaginatively — to entertain ideas that would be literally unthinkable by the brain alone."
The fascinating science of how we think not with the brain but with the world: themarginalian.org/2022/03/2…
The paradox of knowing who you are and what you want – beloved Italian storyteller Cristina Campo on fairy tales and the meaning of maturity themarginalian.org/2025/07/2…
Tolkien on how to fall in love with life themarginalian.org/2026/09/1…
