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CU Boulder Enrolled Alleged White Supremacist with Knowledge of His Past
“University officials were notified of Durham’s connection to Patriot Front and his violent social media posts before he stepped on campus as a student in August of 2022.”
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Victor Luckerson, Tristin Hopper, John Drescher, Steve Shorney, and Pamela Petro.
Posted inQuotes
Open the Door to the Political World of Narnia
“One road unquestionably leads from Narnia to Brexit. Lewis would have hated the notion of a superstate with all the extra ‘meddling’ that implies.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
From Narnia to Brexit: CS Lewis, the Novels, and This Country of England
“A children’s story,” wrote Lewis, “is the best art form for something you have to say.”
Posted inUncategorized
The Last of England’s Freeminers
“A centuries-old tradition in the Forest of Dean • England’s only independent miners • ‘We can be your best friend or your worst enemy.'”
Posted inFeature
Vigilantes at Dawn
A forgotten deportation, a family archive, and the cost of belonging.
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Good Riddance To ‘The Best American Poetry’
“If ‘The Best American Poetry’ captures ‘the zeitgeist of the current attitudes in American poetry,’ we should be asking: Why are those attitudes so f****d up?”
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Eurovision Reminds Me of a Country That No Longer Exists
“Europe’s pop music Olympics makes me nostalgic for my motherland before war splintered it.”
