**Maria Popova *is the creator of The Marginalian *--a wide-ranging record of the search for meaning, founded in 2006 and included in the Library of Congress permanent digital archive of culturally valuable materials. Her books and projects include Figuring, An Almanac of Birds: 100 Divinations for ...

**Maria Popova *is the creator of The Marginalian *--a wide-ranging record of the search for meaning, founded in 2006 and included in the Library of Congress permanent digital archive of culturally valuable materials. Her books and projects include Figuring, An Almanac of Birds: 100 Divinations for Uncertain Days, and The Universe in Verse.