🔬 Science Jun 2, 2026

The love of my life (and why I need to share it with you) | Ann Patchett

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If you want to live in a world where people read, novelist Ann Patchett has news for you: it's your job to help create that reality. Tracing her path from a chance airport encounter through a career writing iconic novels and opening a beloved independent bookstore, she makes the case that reading isn't a private pleasure but a civic act that builds empathy, sustains a "long-format brain" and pulls people out of isolation. Ready to lose yourself in a book?(Following her talk, Elise Hu, host of TE

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