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a Gen Y writer for New York Magazine who is trying to align her post-modern feminist beliefs with her lofty career ambitions

both an essayist and master storyteller he brings to life the vagaries of his patients

at least one of them will marry this coming wedding season

Raising the Dead: The Men Who Created Frankenstein Magic realism In a matter of weeksMary Shelley's 1818 novel, "Frankenstein", introduced readers around the world to the concept of raising the dead through scientific procedures. Those who read the book were thrilled by this incredible Gothic adventure. Few, however, realized that Shelley's story had a basis in fact. What she imagined as her modern Prometheus was a serious pursuit for some of the greatest minds of the early 19th century. It was a time when scientists genuinely