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Beatrice Marovich
Beatrice Marovich is a writer based in Madison, New Jersey, and a doctoral candidate in philosophy and theology at Drew University.
Flickr/Koziro Hasegawa
The Powerful Authority of Cute Animals
On the mechanism of the beckoning cat and other talismans, an
Object Lesson
Beatrice Marovich
May 14, 2014