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Pam Mandel

Posted inEditor's Pick

Lessons from Camels

by Pam Mandel August 30, 2017October 19, 2022

A ten-day camel trek through the South Australian outback. With your parents.

Man on a lawnmower on a large swath of grass
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes

The Lawn is a Lie

by Pam Mandel August 24, 2017October 19, 2022

Am I proud of my lawn? Absolutely not. I am completely ashamed of it. I have a terminal case of lawn guilt.

People walking the midway past food stands at a State Fair
Posted inFood, Quotes, Travel

Eating the Texas State Fair

by Pam Mandel August 23, 2017October 19, 2022

“He was beginning to think the point of the revelry was to celebrate gluttony, and he wept for the world that his boy would have inherited, had he lived long enough to do so.”

US passport pages with visa stamps
Posted inEssays & Criticism

Innocence Abroad

by Pam Mandel August 11, 2017October 19, 2022

“I’d had no idea that we had ever had to define our identities at all, because to me, white Americans were born fully formed, completely detached from any sort of complicated past.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Unlearning the Myth of American Innocence

by Pam Mandel August 10, 2017October 19, 2022

When she was 30, Suzy Hansen left the U.S. for Istanbul — and began to realize that Americans will never understand their own country until they see it as the rest of the world does.

Hotel Imperial, Vienna
Posted inQuotes

Lobster Shells in the Fountain and Other Hotel Mysteries

by Pam Mandel August 9, 2017October 19, 2022

Some travelers can mystify even the most experienced butlers.

Musicians Billy Bragg and Joe Henry
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, History

Billy Bragg: Skiffle Songs Are Railroad Songs

by Pam Mandel August 3, 2017October 19, 2022

“The British kids were trying to escape the past as quickly as they could and the guitar offered them the best means to do that.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Skiffle Craze: An Interview with Billy Bragg

by Pam Mandel August 2, 2017October 19, 2022

On the Paris Review, Alex Abramovich talks with Billy Bragg about skiffle, the history of music, and duck jokes.

Sculpture by Jimmie Durham, Museu de Serralves, Portugal
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

Cherokee Artist Jimmie Durham: Not Cherokee

by Pam Mandel August 2, 2017October 19, 2022

The work of artist Jimmie Durham relies heavily on Native American themes. Durham is not Native American.

Assembly line workers
Posted inMedia, Nonfiction, Quotes, Writing

Inside the Content Machine

by Pam Mandel July 28, 2017October 19, 2022

“…the viral is becoming more viral, and websites are mousetraps, and content the cheese,”

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