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The Prophets of Oak Ridge

story by Dan Zakillustrations by Jeffrey Smithphotography by Linda Davidson Last summer, in the dead of night, three peace activists penetrated the exterior of Y-12 in Tennessee, supposedly one of…
PUBLISHED: April 29, 2013
LENGTH: 37 minutes (9460 words)
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Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek

After a few minutes, the small talk faded. Worries went unexpressed. “When you’re up on top of a peak like that, it’s usually hang out for a second, and then it’s…
PUBLISHED: Dec. 20, 2012
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2164 words)

34. Because Red Hook Wouldn’t Let Red Hook Go Under.

(Photo: Christopher Anderson/Magnum Photos/New York Magazine) David Sharps felt the storm before he saw it. He felt it in the morning tide that ripped in from the Upper Bay and slapped angrily…
PUBLISHED: Dec. 9, 2012
LENGTH: 3 minutes (815 words)

A Bus Called Wanda

There were scorch marks on the landing outside the guest room at cousin Alvin’s, but I slept well on the first night in Savannah, Ga. A young woman named Elna Baker was in the bedroom across…
PUBLISHED: Sept. 21, 2012
LENGTH: 3 minutes (751 words)

‘The Waltons’ Meets ‘Modern Family’

From left, Jennifer Conlin and Daniel Rivkin; her parents, Nan and Bill Conlin; the children, Harriet (home from college), Charles and Florence; and Jennifer’s brother Greg. I AM now a statistic.…
PUBLISHED: Aug. 31, 2012
LENGTH: 3 minutes (834 words)

My Life as an Heiress

I never knew why my mother wasn’t close to her brother, Hal. I can guess. It’s possible that he didn’t help out financially with their parents. It’s possible that she…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 11, 2010
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2385 words)

The Bottom

Back to Writings Jim White Musician Jim White on how Cormac McCarthy saved his life. Jim White
LENGTH: 19 minutes (4946 words)

The Wesleyan Connection

Kennedy Odede '12 delivered the Senior Class Welcome during the 180th Commencement Ceremony on May 27. (Photo by Nick Lacy) Kennedy Odede ’12 delivered the Senior Class Welcome during the…
PUBLISHED: May 27, 2012
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1245 words)
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