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Yesterday, Tomorrow, and Banished Forever
“The Andersons were kicked out of Disneyland’s most exclusive club. They would not go willingly.”
The Story John Darnielle Lived to Tell
“When he was a teenager, the Mountain Goats founder never expected to make it to 21. He has since become one of this century’s best songwriters. The lessons of his survival, life, and work feel endless.”
Nights and Days
“Maybe anybody who can become transparent to experience and articulate it truthfully and without distortion is a poet. Even if the facts are scary or horrible, what comes out, if true, might be beautiful.”
His Death Turned Bob Lee Into a Symbol—His Friends Are Trying to Take Him Back
“The world was shocked by the lurid details of his murder, but his loved ones would rather remember his life.”
The Nazi of Oak Park
“It was a stunning revelation: A respected high school custodian had been a concentration camp guard. This excerpt of a new book examines how the disclosure of a dark secret in the early ’80s divided a suburb.”
Meet The Smithsonian Bird Detectives Saving Lives
“Bird residue was not always her forte.”
‘Here I Gather All the Friends’: Machiavelli and the Emergence of the Private Study
“Reading is a form of necromancy, a way to summon and commune once again with the dead, but in what ersatz temple should such a ritual take place?”
House Arab
The experience of being an elite magazine’s only Arab staffer after October 7.
The Technology for Autonomous Weapons Exists. What Now?
“In the future, humans may not be the only arbiters of who lives and dies in war, as weapons gain decision-making power.”
