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When Jimmy Carter ran for president in 1976, he was new to the national scene. Of the many questions reporters asked to fill in the picture of the manwinning plus, one was almost impossible for him to answer: his favorite book. A voracious speed rea

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With Election Day upon us, how is everyone feeling about the presidential race? Angry? Hopeful? Anxious? Exhausted? Perfectly Zen? If we could take an aura photograph of the American electorate — a portrait filled with blobs of color by electromagne

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The last time I visited my parents, I borrowed a novel from the shelves in my old bedroom. Once, the books there belonged to me, but in the decades since I lived in this apartment, my father has commandeered the space. It’s only fitting. The two of