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    The Wonder Paradox: Embracing the Weirdness of Existence and the Poetry of Our Lives
    The Wonder Paradox: Embracing the Weirdness of Existence and the Poetry of Our Lives
    The Wonder Paradox: Embracing the Weirdness of Existence and the Poetry of Our Lives
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    The Wonder Paradox: Embracing the Weirdness of Existence and the Poetry of Our Lives

    Written by Jennifer Michael Hecht

    Narrated by Gail Shalan

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    About this audiobook

    Our capacity for wonder is one of the greatest joys of being human; this book celebrates that instinct and that yearning, promising to inspire generations.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media
    Release dateMar 7, 2023
    ISBN9781666626865
    The Wonder Paradox: Embracing the Weirdness of Existence and the Poetry of Our Lives
    Author

    Jennifer Michael Hecht

    Jennifer Michael Hecht is a historian, a poet, and the award-winning and bestselling author of the histories Doubt, Stay, The Happiness Myth, and The End of the Soul and the books of poetry Who Said, The Next Ancient World, and Funny. She earned her PhD in history from Columbia University and teaches in New York City.

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