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Bookworm, no. 151

Tom Hawthorn reviews Michelle Pannor Silver’s “Aging with Agility.” Sophia Ohler on Sadie McCarney’s “The Bright Afters.” Results from the National Magazine Awards. Inside the June issue.

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Jun 09, 2026
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Aging with Agility: How Elite Athletes and Ordinary Folks Embrace Exercise with Age
Michelle Pannor Silver

Columbia University Press
248 pages, hardcover, softcover, and ebook

In less than two centuries, human life expectancy has more than doubled. Living longer has changed our perceptions around aging, well-being, and especially exercise habits. While the…

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