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The Almost Mystical Yet Totally Routine Process of Reading

The Almost Mystical Yet Totally Routine Process of Reading

FromThe Gist


The Almost Mystical Yet Totally Routine Process of Reading

FromThe Gist

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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Sep 3, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

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What does Anna Karenina look like when you read Tolstoy? Today on The Gist, book cover designer Peter Mendelsund explains how we turn what we read into sensory material. His new books are What We See When We Read and Cover. In the Spiel, how the U.S. is losing a war of words when it comes to ISIS.

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Released:
Sep 3, 2014
Format:
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Slate's The Gist with Mike Pesca. A daily afternoon show about news, culture, and whatever else you'll be discussing with friends and family tonight.