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Woman with wax tablets and stylus (so-called "Sappho") fresco from Pompeii ca. 55-70 CE. Source: Museo Nazionale Archeologico, Naples/Public Domain In his journal of 1836, the great American poet, ...

Late at night, a student sits at her desk while the soft glow of a laptop screen casts shadows across the room. Outside, the city street is quiet, but inside, her mind is racing. Fingers hover over ...