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On Corvids
Or the life of an urban naturalist with a murder of crows outside her bedroom
Feb 19 • 
Sayani Sarkar
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On the Resurgence of Psychoanalysis
Four contemporary books on psychoanalysis and its everlasting shadow on our culture
Nov 8, 2024 • 
Sayani Sarkar
4
On Righteous Female Rage: Part II
A spring nonfiction primer
Apr 11, 2024 • 
Sayani Sarkar
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4
On Righteous Female Rage: Part I
How thirty-five years of nonconformist reading made me finally do a Medusa act
Feb 1, 2024 • 
Sayani Sarkar
9
3
On My Favorite Color
Dissecting the color of skies and melancholia
Nov 29, 2023 • 
Sayani Sarkar
3
2
The Problem of the Oriental Gaze
Dispatches from childhood readings
Nov 8, 2023 • 
Sayani Sarkar
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4
On Snails
A world beyond the ick and the "other"
Oct 7, 2023 • 
Sayani Sarkar
4
2
Burned at the Stake
On treason, persecution, and hysteria (Check triggers: fire torture, human cruelty)
Sep 15, 2023 • 
Sayani Sarkar
4
On viziers and qadis of the Caliphate
A gentle approach to historical Islamic rule of law and governance
Aug 17, 2023 • 
Sayani Sarkar
4
On stench
“Bad smells made her angry, they were a personal affront.” ― Louise Erdrich
Jul 10, 2023 • 
Sayani Sarkar
3
2
On synesthesia
Dedicated to Oliver Sacks (1933-2015) for this Pride Month.
Jun 18, 2023 • 
Sayani Sarkar
2
5
On the quiet charm of monastic life
Every undergraduate in a genetics class is taught about Gregor Johann Mendel (1822-1884).
May 18, 2023 • 
Sayani Sarkar
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