For an immigrant, losing a home is a given, but Margarita Gokun Silver wonders if never finding one again is also part of the journey.
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Posted inBooks, Editor's Pick, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Uncategorized
Chasing the Man Who Caught the Storm: An Interview With Brantley Hargrove
“If you’ve had the luck of actually seeing a tornado, man, that’s like nicotine. It gets under your skin.”
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Story, Uncategorized
Chasing the Man Who Caught the Storm: An Interview With Brantley Hargrove
“If you’ve had the luck of actually seeing a tornado, man, that’s like nicotine. It gets under your skin.”
Posted inNonfiction, Story
A Chance to Rewrite History: The Women Fighters of the Tamil Tigers
How during a brutal, 25-year civil war in Sri Lanka, the Tamil Tigers failed the women soldiers who sacrificed everything to fight for a sovereign state for the Tamil minority.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Grief is a Jumble Word
Ken Otterbourg contemplates love and loss and what we remember when we try to forget.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Grief is a Jumble Word
Ken Otterbourg contemplates love and loss and what we remember when we try to forget.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
The Joys and Sorrows of Watching My Own Birth
Shelby Vittek reflects on the bittersweet experience of watching herself be born — and her now-divorced mom and dad become parents — again and again.
Posted inQuote Posts
The Intelligence, Intuition, and Sex Lives of Octopuses
Sy Montgomery, author of the book “The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness,” reflects on the uncanny intelligence, intuition, and surprising sex lives of octopuses.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About
Michele Filgate reflects on her teen years with an abusive stepfather and a mother whose silence protected him.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Special Investigation: Inside the Deadly Rhino Horn Trade
National Geographic correspondent Bryan Christy and photographer Brent Stirton investigate the rhino trade and two key players who want to end the South African and international bans on trading and selling rhino horn.
