Megan Mayhew Bergman explores how women, often excluded from adventure narratives, carve out their own heroic space.
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The Barkley Marathons: Toeing the Line Between “Extreme Sports” and “Prank”
The Barkley Marathon is five 20+ mile loops that runners must navigate in under 60 hours. Sarah Barker explores the event and the people who attempt this race-slash-ordeal.
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Brain-Altering Science and the Search for a New Normal
An electrical implant known as a deep-brain stimulator is giving some patients a new start.
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A Mystery Wrapped in an Engima, Then Shoved Under the Desk
Waste paper baskets: deeply symbolic, paradoxical items. Who knew?
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The Inevitable and Magical Life of Beverly Cleary, All 101 Years of It
The beloved creator of Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins enters her second century.
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Most People Love Ramona Quimby, But I Remember Beverly Cleary
“That Cleary eventually ended up writing children’s books feels the way the paths of a great many talented people feel: both inevitable and magical, the result of a lot of hard work mixed with a certain amount of luck.”
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The Brutality of the Barkley Marathons
One hundred-plus miles. No marked route. No GPS. No trails. No sleep. Can you finish in under 60 hours?
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The Existential Conundrum That Is the American Waste Paper Basket
“Until I read Paradox, I had not considered the possibility that waste paper baskets could be imbued with paradox, but Legrand has convinced me.”
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Is That a Pillowcase Full of Human Hair, or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
Annie Correal’s story on the last New York wigmakers has a little bit of everything: celebrity gossip, religious scandals, and of course, wigs.
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Arkansas’ Capital Punishment Spree: ‘It Ain’t Gonna Work on Some of Them’
The state prepares to kill seven men this month with a soon-to-expire supply of lethal injection drugs.