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Roxane Gay in Antarctica: The Things We Do for Love
“Once upon a time, writer Roxane Gay and her wife, the illustrator Debbie Millman, set sail to Antarctica. Here, they each tell the tale—well, their version of it.”
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When Dementia Steals the Imagination of a Children’s Book Writer
“Robert Munsch wrote ‘The Paper Bag Princess,’ ‘Love You Forever’ and other classics by performing them over and over for kids. But his stories are slipping away.”
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The Many Lifetimes of an Old Red Bike
“Five generations of a family’s love, told through a bicycle.”
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Your A.I. Lover Will Change You
“A future where many humans are in love with bots may not be far off. Should we regard them as training grounds for healthy relationships or as nihilistic traps?”
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30 Years Later: Phyllis Hyman, “I Refuse to Be Lonely”
The singer’s first posthumous album deserves to be remembered as the bravest of her career.
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Love Song to Costco
“In the great halls of Costco, two of our greatest fears are assuaged — that of not having enough, and that of not being enough.”
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Da Art of Storytellin’ (A Prequel)
“I’d heard that moan in the presence of older Southern black folk my entire life, but I’d never heard it connecting two rhymed verses. Art couldn’t get any fresher than that.”
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More Than 4,000 Moth Species Flit Across Texas. One Scientist Photographed 550 in His Yard.
“Smaller, more obscure moths are Curtis Eckerman’s favorites: ‘I love seeing the little jewels that you can’t normally see.’”
