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To Own the Future, Read Shakespeare

“Tech and the liberal arts have always been at war. Don’t assume Silicon Valley will win.”

This week features pieces from Sabrina Imbler, Natan Last, Lulu Miller and John Megahan, Casey Cep, and David Grimm.

“Pushpin-specific lists fill his essays; single, stirring images lift from lines of his poems like the pages of a pop-up book.”

“Babylon was everything forbidden, and looming all around us—and my father tried to protect us from it at all costs.”

” I prefer to keep my darlings on ice.”

“We abandon stories. They don’t end.”

“There is no doubt that some forms of creativity are within the reach, and indeed the grasp, of computer programs.”

Award-winning poet Carl Phillips on writing, poetry, and perspective.

“He sold 60 million books and 100 million records. Why was he forgotten?”

“We frequently ghost ourselves even when we are looking in the mirror, hoping to show up worthier, richer, fairer, and lovelier for this country.”