In “On Circles: A Bildungsroman,” I travel to the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj in Rome on a circuitous yet fruitful journey—a sort of summer vacation with Ralph Waldo Emerson tucked under my arm.
On Circles: A Bildungsroman
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