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Alec Wilkinson

Alec Wilkinson, a longtime contributor to The New Yorker, is the author, most recently, of A Divine Language: Learning Algebra, Geometry, and Calculus at the Edge of Old Age. He is writing a book about prayer. (March 2026)

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