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August 1, 2016
Unlucky Children
There is no official criterion for being an orphan, but I didn’t know that when I decided I wasn’t one.
One Must Imagine Faust Happy
Fascination with the relationship between knowledge and power never dies.
Survival Training
I’m running on a track built into Commo Hill and I’m trying to concentrate on my breathing.
Little-known fact: Samuel Beckett, Nobel Prize-winning Irish novelist, poet and playwright, was also a prolific standardized-test writer. What follows is a selection of SAT questions from his archive.
If you liked this essay, you’ll love reading The Point in print.