In Tudor England’s big-sleeved game of thrones, winning and dying were not mutually exclusive.
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Forgetting the Madeleine
A pastry chef reflects on taste, memory, and literature’s most famous confection.
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The Known Unknown: Tales of the Yucca Man
The desert has its own version of Sasquatch, and it’s just as smelly and hairy.
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Bang and Vanish
A trip to Key West becomes an unexpected journey involving a sacred bird, a beloved dog, and the challenge of coming to terms with the nature of fate.
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The Changeling
Alexander Chee considers the ways in which answering the question, “What are you?” turned him into a writer.
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Coachella, Alternativo
Durante el tiempo que pasó en el Valle de Coachella, California, el periodista Gabriel Thompson exploró cómo las comunidades latinas de la región se han adaptado a una vida de miedos e incertidumbre durante la administración de Trump.
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Coachella, Underground
Spending time in California’s Coachella Valley, journalist Gabriel Thompson explores how the region’s Latino communities have adjusted to a life of fear and uncertainty under a Trump administration.
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Did Brian Easley Have to Die?
A desperate veteran, missing his disability payment, walked into a bank and took several people hostage. This is how he got there.
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Queens of Infamy: Eleanor of Aquitaine
Life gets busy when you have empires to build and marriages to annul.
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The Man in the Mirror
In the aftermath of rape, Alison Kinney discovers that a new lover who helps you to heal can just as easily betray you.