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Harrison Blackman

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Harrison Blackman earned an MFA from the University of Nevada, Reno and graduated from Princeton University. A Fulbright fellow, Harrison’s work has also been supported by grants from the Lewis Center for the Arts and the Truman Library Institute.

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The 100-inch Hooker telescope at Mount Wilson was the largest telescope of its kind for thirty years after its 1917 construction. (© Harrison Blackman, 2025)

Earlier this fall, I traveled to the summit of Mount Wilson, California, a peak in the San Gabriel Mountain Range that overlooks Los Angeles. The mountain is significant because it is home to the Mount Wilson Observatory, one of the most h

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	Tales from the Deep by Polly Alice McCann (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Hope Houtwed (Editor), Alex Eickhoff (Illustrator) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Delos Symposia and Doxiadis by Mantha Zarmakoupi (Editor), Simon Richards (Editor), Panayiotis Tournikiotis (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Killing the Dead: Vampire Epidemics from Mesopotamia to the New World

by John Blair

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A Beautiful Mind

by Sylvia Nasar

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The Three Coffins (Dr. Gideon Fell, #6)

by John Dickson Carr

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