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Off Center: Introverts and the Spotlight
A look at the tendency of introverts to avoid being the center of attention.
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Marcia Yudkin
Contrast: The Drowned by John Banville
Let’s consider the personality contrast between two characters in John Banville’s outstanding 2024 crime novel, The Drowned.
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Marcia Yudkin
Beware The Introvert Redemption Plot
A plot pattern in some best-selling books and others popularly read in book clubs places introverted characters in a constraining box that subtly harms…
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Marcia Yudkin
The Introvert’s Guide to Energy Management
Despite Planet Extrovert pressures, learn how to keep your mood, stamina and motivation stable.
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Marcia Yudkin

March 2025

The Relatability Trap: A Hazard for Introverts
Why you should think twice before complimenting a politician, a businessperson or a novel as relatable.
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Marcia Yudkin
Walls: The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami’s latest novel dramatizes a theory of the self that is sure to resonate with introverts.
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Marcia Yudkin
An Introvert as Musician II
Austrian composer Franz Schubert’s prodigious but brief career shows key indicators of his introverted personality.
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Marcia Yudkin
5 Loneliness Stereotypes and the Harm They Do
When you think “loneliness,” do you get hackneyed, harmful images of who it looks like?
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Marcia Yudkin

February 2025

Introverts and Competence
Because of American society’s biases in favor of extroverts, introverts may be at a disadvantage when it comes to being perceived as competent.
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Marcia Yudkin
Smarts: The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis
Both strong and struggling, the brilliant heroine of a novel (and a wildly popular Netflix series) stayed true to her talent and her introvert…
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Marcia Yudkin
An Introvert as Mystery Woman
Agatha Christie, who sold more novels worldwide than any other author, enjoyed being inconspicuous. She became a prolific writer, she said, because of…
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Marcia Yudkin
The Search for Quiet II
Is the National Radio Quiet Zone in West Virginia something that might particularly interest introverts?
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Marcia Yudkin
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