The ink stains on his fingers and the vintage pens tucked into his pocket are what identify C A Shanavas as a ‘pen doctor,’ ...

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Do you know who Walter Hunt was? I am guessing you probably do not recognize the name, but he made a significant contribution that we all have used. In 1849 he invented the safety pin. He received his ...

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The acclaimed Australian writer’s diaries, collected in “How to End a Story,” pay exquisite attention to marriage, creativity ...

Banks seem to pop out of the ground, flourish, merge and change their names almost too quickly to keep track of.

Portrait With Maus Mask, 1989. At many points in his life Art Spiegelman has tried to escape his family’s past—and who can blame him? His parent ...