Human ingenuity in the face of crumbling infrastructure. One man’s quest to save a bird that might already be extinct. The cultural schism dividing a major musical genre. A personal essay braiding space and family. And a jungle trek gone horribly, horribly awry. These are our editors’ favorite reads of the week. 1. The Balkans’ […]
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She will grow up and leave me and yet never leave me; she will be mine forever, a being I shaped.
Pick up a banjo, or maybe a javelin.
“If humans are to return to the moon, space agencies and governments need to figure out the legal, ethical, and practical dimensions of extraterrestrial waste management.”
Angelica Calabrese on family, memory, and the almond groves of Italy.
The creator of The Marginalian and author of the new book Traversal responds to 25 questions on writing, reading, and creativity.
“Former Secret Service agent Paul Landis, largely silent for 60 years, says he found a bullet in Kennedy’s limo. A sometime presidential historian explains why that’s so significant, if true.”
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