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November 30, 2023

FAN: A Life in Light: Meditations on Impermanence

  Mary Pipher, Ph.D. has been seen as the “cultural therapist” of a generation, and with good reason. Her work has addressed a wide range of […]
November 30, 2023

FAN: On Ambition

What does it mean to own one’s ambition? What does it take to reimagine how we strive, amid burnout, pressure, and profound shifts across one’s career, […]
October 30, 2023

FAN: Normal Broken: The Grief Companion for When It’s Time to Heal But You’re Not Sure You Want To

None of us make it through life without experiencing loss that leaves us feeling broken. That’s what makes grief so normal. In Normal Broken: The Grief […]
October 30, 2023

Do you know FAN? Get to know Family Action Network!

Do you know FAN? FAN stands for Family Action Network, and Gorton is a partner with this amazing organization. Family Action Network (FAN) is a 501(c)(3) […]
October 30, 2023

FAN: The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

In The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year, award-winning bestselling author Margaret Renkl presents a literary devotional: fifty-two chapters that follow the creatures and plants in […]
October 30, 2023

FAN: The Career Arts: Making the Most of College, Credentials, and Connections

Young people coming out of high school today can expect to hold many jobs over the course of their lives, which is why they need a […]
October 30, 2023

FAN: Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education

When Stephanie Land set out to write her memoir Maid, she never could have imagined what was to come. Handpicked by President Barack Obama as one […]
October 26, 2023

FAN: The Career Arts: Making the Most of College, Credentials, and Connections

Young people coming out of high school today can expect to hold many jobs over the course of their lives, which is why they need a […]
October 26, 2023

FAN: The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are

Today Tariq Trotter—better known as Black Thought—is the platinum-selling, three-time Grammy-winning co-founder of The Roots, and one of the most exhilaratingly skillful and profound rappers the […]
October 26, 2023

FAN: Growing Up in Public: Coming of Age in a Digital World

With social media and constant connection, the boundaries of privacy are stretched thin. Devorah Heitner, Ph.D.’s new book Growing Up in Public: Coming of Age in a Digital […]
October 26, 2023

FAN: Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

During the impeachment crisis of 2019, Heather Cox Richardson, Ph.D., professor of history at Boston College, launched a daily Facebook essay providing the historical background of the […]
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