Chapter 48: Michael Bungay Stanier on massive moons and the magic of metaphor

3 Books With Neil Pasricha by Neil Pasricha

Jun 15, 202601:11:02Arts

On a pair of folding lawn chairs on his front porch in Toronto's Roncesvalles neighborhood, I sat down with my friend Michael Bungay Stanier. Michael's mind is like a box that you open and a whole bunch of springs sudden...

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