“A post-mortem on New York City’s weed underground.”
Krista Stevens
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On Loving Birds
“A couple of years after I began volunteering, I realized I was hell-bent on healing birds because they, too, had healed me—in more ways than one.”
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The Extraordinary Life And Quiet Death of the World’s Largest Iceberg
“Forty years after breaking away from Antarctica, the frozen colossus known as A23a died as it lived: drifting around the bottom of the globe, fascinating ardent observers, and offering scientists critical new insights about our living ocean.”
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The True Story of Laura Ingalls Is Wilder than Little House on the Prairie
“Netflix’s new adaptation of the beloved book series will probably leave out some of the most fascinating details from the author’s life—from Pa Ingalls’s ineptitude to the serial killers that stalked Kansas during her childhood.”
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What Science Knows About Grief
“After my husband’s death, I had never been more pliable, tender, open, or raw. It was then that I tried E.M.D.R. therapy.”
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Return to the River
“Nearly a year after the devastating July 4 floods, Hill Country communities are still grieving and rebuilding, while hoping to welcome visitors back to the Guadalupe.”
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How the Crossword Conquered America
“Even in a boom time for games, the decidedly old-fashioned puzzles are more popular than ever. I went to the best place on Earth to understand why.”
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On Japan’s Post Office For Letters to the Dead
“Sally Hayden explores the ways we cope with loss in times of crisis.”
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The Whimsy and Heartbreak of America’s Garage Sales
“For $100, I bought bric-a-brac that explains a nation.”
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What Remains
“We may know that nothing lasts forever, but this knowledge doesn’t alleviate the loneliness of grief.”