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The Book of Hermits: a History of Hermits from Antiquity to the Present. Published 2021.
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Shifu (Amongst White Clouds), Dunstan Morrissey, Noah John Rondeau, Jake Williams; Emily Dickinson, Alexandra David-Neal, Simone Weil, Gao-ming (Road to Heaven), Tenzin Palmo, Emma Orbach, Sara Maitland



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SEP:   Solitude: a pre-history
AUG:   Zen snippets
AUG:   A passing recluse
JUL:   Insects, wisdom, poets
JUN:   Bassui's eremitism and Zen
MAY:   Travel in Taoist thought
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SEP:   Three modern French hermits
AUG:   Articles on loneliness
JUL:   Scholar Netta Weinstein on solitude
JUL:   Solitude: psychology, psychiatry
JUN:   Alkan, French composer-recluse
JUN:   Japan's solitary elders
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