How classicist Emily Wilson cut through centuries of literary tradition to produce a fresh verse epic.
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An Oregon Wolf, Profiled
A fateful encounter between Oregon’s mightiest wolf and the scientist who would track him for the next six years.
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A Very Old Man for a Wolf
The story of Oregon’s first alpha-male wolf in generations — and of the man who tried to save him, until he couldn’t.
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The Opera Lover Who Composed “Bat Out of Hell”
On the origins of the quintessential rock aria, and the powerhouse singer that served as its muse.
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On Safari in Trump’s America
A journey into the next frontier of anthropological tourism: unsuspecting towns in the American “heartland.”
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The Man Behind Meat Loaf
Retracing the career of Jim Steinman, the songwriter responsible for some of the most operatic hits of the past 40 years.
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On Identity, Miyazaki, and Japanese Bathhouses
On belonging — and not belonging — in two worlds at once.
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What Miyazaki’s Heroines Taught Me About My Mixed-Race Identity
On the wonder and strangeness of occupying a perpetually in-between space.
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Can Detroit’s Legendary Techno Scene Survive Gentrification?
On the growing tension between techno’s gritty origins and its current velvet-rope tendencies.
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The New Old Sound of Motor City
How Detroit techno was born — and continued to thrive — amid financial and social strife.