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Richard Powers

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Jan 22, 202201:10:47Arts

Richard Powers’ characters are often both artists and scientists—disciplines he sees as intertwined. In a delicious moment in this March 2008 reading, he describes the commonality between art and science as a state of “b...

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Richard Powers is an episode from SAL/on air by SAL/on air. Richard Powers’ characters are often both artists and scientists—disciplines he sees as intertwined. In a delicious moment in this March 2008 reading, he describes the commonality...

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