A refugee from Nazi Germany has trouble adjusting to life in America, so she decamps to the countryside, where she discovers that the war follows you in unexpected ways.
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Posted inBooks, Business & Tech, Nonfiction, Story
The Creator of Bitcoin Comes Clean, Only to Disappear Again
The mysterious creator of bitcoin asks a journalist to help reveal his identity.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Standout
David Brown’s Quiet Resilience
The former Dallas police chief is familiar with loss: Violence took his son, younger brother, and former partner. His response to the killing of five officers last July was inspiring. He’s not done giving back.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Judging Books By Their Covers
Jason Diamond analyzes his obsession with Vintage Contemporaries paperbacks from the 80s.
Posted inCurrent Events, Story
A Heart That Watches and Receives
“Please don’t give up on the truth.” A commencement address by author and historian Hampton Sides.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction
My Grandfather’s Fateful Goodbye, Reimagined
Karissa Chen tries to reconstruct the moment her grandfather, at 19, left Shanghai for Taiwan on a supposed vacation—a decision that would alter his life forever.
Posted inNonfiction, Story
Here at the End of All Things
On losing oneself in the geography of fantasy worlds, from Middle Earth to Westeros.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
A Short Distance from Southie, but a World Away
Tara Wanda Merrigan recalls navigating between the very different realms of Harvard and home.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Standout, Story
David Brown’s Quiet Resilience
The former Dallas police chief is familiar with loss: Violence took his son, younger brother, and former partner. His response to the killing of five officers last July was inspiring. He’s not done giving back.
Posted inBooks, History, Nonfiction
Considering the Wall
Hadrian’s Wall, that is. Max Adams explores Britain’s lost early medieval past by walking its ancient paths.
