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Bostonist had the wonderful luck to talk to some big-time talents in all fields this year. And, no, we're not sure how we tricked these people into talking to us. Here's a look back:

Wednesday, November 14 Jonah Lehrer, Harvard Book Store, Proust Was A Neuroscientist, 7:00 pm, Harvard Book Store Lehrer, a Rhodes scholar and writer/line cook/lab tech, dives into works of classic literature and art and finds out how each work beat neuroscientists at determining how the mind works. Check out Bostonist's interview with Lehrer. Thursday, November 15 David Michaelis, 7:00 pm, Brookline Booksmith Michaelis is the biographer of Charles Schulz, the creator of "Peanuts." Imagine our...

Jonah Lehrer Wednesday, November 14, 7:00 pm Harvard Book Store, Cambridge If you are inclined toward the sciences, the elegant volume Proust Was a Neuroscientist is a gateway drug to literature and the arts, and vice versa. Jonah Lehrer, who has worked as a prep cook, a lab tech, and a writer, pulls together what he's learned to show how creative types have anticipated neurological advances through their work. This book demonstrates that the humanities...