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John Adamian

John Adamian has written about food, travel, books, film, music, art, news, and technology. His writing has appeared in The Believer, Relix, the Hartford Courant, Modern Farmer, and other publications. He was an editor at the Hartford Advocate from 2003 to 2013.

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May 1
Essays

Dr. Octagon

John Adamian
For much of the 1800s, Orson Squire Fowler was America’s foremost practitioner of phrenology. He pressed his fingertips against the skulls of the most famous men of ...
Jul 1
Essays

“Too Marvelous For Words”: A Taxonomy of Liner Notes

John Adamian

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