How to Write Like James Baldwin
“You write in order to change the world,” James Baldwin once told The New York Times. He didn’t mean it metaphorically. He meant that writing, when done right, ceases to be decoration and becomes confrontation. It’s an act of clarity in a world built on pretense. We know Baldwin as a novelist and essayist. He […]
Memory researchers share how to never forget someone’s name
It’s time to forgive yourself for forgetting. Two cognitive psychology researchers are debunking common misconceptions about human memory while sharing easy ways to recall different types of information. Dr. Megan Sumeracki and Dr. Althea Need Kaminske say that some forgetfulness is natural because it allows the brain to remember more stuff. Memory is “more like […]