“Man-eating orchids” (March-April). Bernard Witlieb suggested as a possible answer the short story “The Flowering of the Strange Orchid,” by H.G. Wells, in which a man breeds an orchid that overpowers him with its scent and sucks his blood until it is discovered in the act and destroyed by his housekeeper.
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Winners across five categories, from commentary on Gaza to criticism on public architecture
On the limitations of a prevailing worldview
Ann Kim Ha’s poignant children’s books
A proposed “green” swap enables decarbonization of emerging market development projects.
Operatic counterculture, a Passover graphic novel, James Joyce’s biographer, and more
Physician-authors address Commencement and Alumni Day, new School of Education Dean, and more
