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I’m Writing a Book Called ‘How Math Will Save Your Life.’ Then I Got Cancer.
For a mathematician, my breast cancer diagnosis supported, rather than undercut, my book’s argument.
‘Modern Love’ Host on How the Specific Becomes Universal
Anna Martin, host of a New York Times podcast, explains why stories beat thesis statements.
Quanta’s Thomas Lin Trusts the Public Can Handle Complex Ideas
The founding editor built a math and science magazine that high schoolers and Nobel laureates alike read. Now, he’s turned to books.
What One Year of ‘The Public Scholar’ Taught Me
A year of conversations with editors, agents and scholars taught me that breaking through takes practical know-how and remembering how to teach.
Math’s World Cup Reminded Me Why We Need Public Scholars
At the Fields Medal press conference, I watched some journalists miss the story unfolding in front of them.
Keep Strunk & White in the Bathroom and Other Ways to Obsess Over Writing Well
A working writer describes rituals for chasing the tension and surprise that make stories worth reading.
Heather Cox Richardson Hears the Public Scholar Music
The historian behind Letters From an American, now read by more than three million subscribers, says the secret to public scholarship is remembering how to teach.
Stop Letting Trolls Keep You Off the Op-Ed Page
Historian David Perry, who has written hundreds of op-eds, discusses out-of-proportion fears, what he does with hate mail and how your class preparation skills transfer to the page.