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  "textContent": "I just finished reading the book. I savored it over months, reading just a few pages each day. It was fun to read about something I knew nothing about, painting, coal miners, impressionism and the life of Vincent van Gogh. To think that I missed the exposition at the MFA right in front of my office, as well as the museum in Amsterdam…\n\nI came to know about this book after someone pointed me to this memorial about Maryam Mirzakhan, according to which the book “exemplified her excitement about work and life in general.” I wish I had talked more to her when we crossed at Harvard.\n\nBy Manu",
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