Book Outtakes
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Is the Green You See, the Green I See?
As my brain absorbed these other names, the colors seemed to shift. The names themselves were changing how I saw the colors.
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How Brazil’s Madame Satã Transformed His Life and Became an Icon
By day, he protected businesses from thieves and corrupt police. By night, he changed into sequined gowns to sing and dance in Rio de Janeiro’s cabarets.
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You Bet Your Life: ‘Death Bonds,’ the Investments That Want You Dead
When a new drug regime gave him a renewed lease of life, Morrison began to receive irate calls from the investor who’d bought over his insurance policies.
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When Scandal Swallows a Book
Marjorie Hillis’s 1930s self-help bestseller, which celebrated women’s happiness, met a strange fate in England.
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Why Do Our Faces Turn Bright Red at the Exact Moment We Wish We Could Disappear?
The paradox of blushing.