How to Use (or Not Use) a Hyphen
Mary Norris in The New Yorker: Among the many books about punctuation, precious few are devoted to a single mark. There’s “On the Dot,” by the Brothers Humez, which celebrates…
Rite of Passage
Embarking on a road trip destined for a deserted strip of land on India’s southern coastline had never been on our radar. Neither had we imagined making such a trip…
What to Do with Pain
by Michael Abraham Take a star of anise and a pinch of lavender in either hand. Hold these to the chest and whisper out a little prayer. Splash clean water…
If There Were a Vaccine Against Love, You Should Take It
by Thomas R. Wells The argument in brief: 1. Romantic love hijacks our desires and practical reasoning 2. If your desires and practical reasoning are hijacked your decisions aren’t authentically…
Love — universal, unilateral, unconditional, urgent
https://www.interfluidity.com/v2/9347.html Love is a practical matter. It is the most practical matter. If we do not love, if we do not let love condition our actual behavior, both expressive and…