Robin Taylor

by Leonard Shlain
Reviewed October 1998
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You may know a little about your brain’s hemispheres. Maybe you’ve heard that a “right-brained” person is more creative, and a “left-brained” person is good at math. Or is it the other way around?
Leonard Shlain, a surgeon, can tell you about right brain and left brain functions—and more. In [...]

by Robert Hellenga
July 1998
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Readers familiar with Robert Hellenga’s first novel, The Sixteen Pleasures, will hear its echoes in his second, ruminative book, The Fall of a Sparrow. Hellenga again explores the subtle details of the creation and preservation of beauty, this time through the crafts of American blues guitar, traditional Italian cooking, and [...]