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What’s This Doing to My Brain?
Are we addicted to our devices and networks? And if we are ... does it matter?Issue 66
Monsters
Anatomical specimens from a different era haunt a young physician's imaginationIssue 75 / Issue 66
Ruminating, Research, and Realizing
"I have always felt that my mission as an illustrator is to honor the work of past luminaries while creating works that reflect my own era’s thinking"Issue 65
What’s the Story #65
"The intersections of these two ways of understanding the world are rarely examined—and when they are, the primary narrative is one of conflict"Issue 65
Encounter: This Essentially Meaningless Conflict
Marilynne Robinson on the difference between science and “science”—and why the former poses no threat to religionIssue 65
Contagious Empathy
Looking up from our screens and going for a walk may be our salvationIssue 65
The Scene Is In Flux
An interview with the winner of CNF's "Adaptation" essay contestIssue 64
Sharp Scissors
"My hope is always that others will understand and connect with my work"Issue 63
Good Writing & Good Storytelling Is by Nature Surprising
Callie Garnett, assistant editor at Bloomsbury, shares some advice for writers searching for a publisher who will care about their book.The Work Itself Is a Home
Cheston Knapp, managing editor at Tin House, tells us what makes a piece of creative nonfiction stand out.

