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Clara E. Shapiro
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The Blond Boy in the Big Blue Bus
Aidan’s lived in his repurposed school bus for the past five years and three months, traversing the U.S. in pursuit of the “Great American Novel.”
Biggest Flirt: Adam Mohamed
How did he come to be this way? Adam reckons he may have been born with the kiss of Cupid on his cheek. “I crawled out of my mother’s womb and winked at the doctor,” he says, laughing.
I Went to a Fish Funeral.
“Fish Funeral Friday,” read the flier, which was black. Finally, I thought. A community event that’s up my dimly-lit alley.
Ask John (Harvard): Puritan Problem Solving for Modern Times
John Harvard knows you are afflicted with homework, lust, and sloth! Read on to be saved!
A FunGi Among Us: Meet Lawrence Millman, the Square’s Expert Mycologist
Millman’s passion for discovering drives him still. Whether it’s encountering a fungal species that had not been seen since 1909 or learning about the traditions of the cultures he encounters from the Arctic to the archipelagos, the unpredictability of his work never ceases to impress him.