Circus work can be punishing, and for the performers of Cirque de Soleil, extreme safety measures don’t always prevent fatalities.
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Remembering Jerry Krause, Architect Behind the Greatest NBA Team Ever Assembled
Jerry Krause had his faults, but that shouldn’t diminish his legacy.
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Roger Federer is Brilliant, But Don’t Ever Forget About Serena Williams
It’s always polarizing when you’re trying to designate a single athlete as the “Greatest of All Time.”
Posted inBlog Post, Media, Nonfiction
Robert B. Silvers, Editor of The New York Review of Books: 1929-2017
“I believe in the writer—the writer, above all.”
Posted inBlog Post, Quotes, Travel
‘We Love Europa But Europa No Love Us.’
“We just want a normal life. We are here for survival.”
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A Heart-Shaped Life: Twelve Ways of Looking at Amy Krouse Rosenthal
The author, speaker, and performance artist was far more than her final, heartbreaking Modern Love column.
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Death in the Desert
“The number of migrants crossing illegally from Mexico to the U.S. has declined dramatically. Yet the rugged borderlands of southern Arizona have become a death zone.”
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Mary Beard’s Voyage Into ‘Herland’
In “Women in Power” Beard uses Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “Herland” to look at why powerful women don’t appear in our collective imagination.
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What Does the Women’s Strike Mean?
Was the Women’s March “… the most successful protest in U.S. history”?
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‘This Land’ Was Our Land: A Eulogy for a Groundbreaking Magazine
“This Land”closes its print edition this month, capping seven years of extraordinary local journalism.