One woman reconciles with her father’s death on her family’s property.
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‘I Was a Storm of Confetti’: Michael Pollan On Why It’s a Good Idea To Lose Your Self
Michael Pollan talks about using psychedelic drugs, escaping his own ego, and the therapeutic potential of seeing yourself spread out over the landscape like a coat of paint.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
To Be Clean
A tender relationship with a fellow exotic dancer shows Natassja Schiel how to love her sister, a recovering addict.
Posted inArts & Culture, Story, Writing
Wallace Shawn’s Late Night
The playwright has a lot to tell viewers about human nature and our depraved era. Too bad so few people have seen his plays.
Posted ineducation, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story
A Long, Lasting Influence on Educational Equity
As the Philadelphia Eagles start the 2018-19 NFL season, defensive end Chris Long is also committed to making wins off the field by creating educational equity for students in the United States.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
The Dying Days of the New West
Recent books about the American West turn the old frontier myth into a mirage.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes
A Whale Hunt on Facebook
Anti-whaling activists target an Arctic subsistence hunter after a whale hunt gets media coverage.
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Manspreading Writ Large: Rebecca Solnit on Space
In Harper’s, Solnit considers who has access to what spaces, and with what limitations?
Posted inBooks, History, Nonfiction
Determined to Hitch a Ride on the Greatest Rig in America
Billy Gawronski was hell-bent on stowing away to Antarctica on Richard Evelyn Byrd’s 1928 expedition.
Posted inBooks, History, Nonfiction, Story
Determined to Hitch a Ride on the Greatest Rig in America
Billy Gawronski was hell-bent on stowing away to Antarctica on Richard Evelyn Byrd’s 1928 expedition.
