“’We know where she works,’ their faces said, but it felt less like a judgement and more like an acknowledgement.”
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Will Dad and I Ever See Texas the Same Way?
“A noted Texas historian and his adult child get behind the wheel to see if they can finally view their home state the same way.”
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Revisiting My Rastafari Childhood
“Babylon was everything forbidden, and looming all around us—and my father tried to protect us from it at all costs.”
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Off Camera
“So I tiptoed through life, aware that my obsessive enthusiasm could set people off like a bomb.”
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Flat Places
“Whenever I stand in a flat landscape, I feel myself becoming weightless, taken out of my childhood full of painful nothing.”
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Her Dad Was the BTK Killer. Their Daughter Was Gabby Petito. Why Would They Ever Agree to This?
“America obsessed over the murders that ravaged their families. How did they end up stuck in that loop forever?”
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My Harmony With the Heron
“In an excerpt from his new memoir, Something in the Woods Loves You, Jarod K. Anderson shares how nature became a balm for his mental health and depression.”
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Borstal Boys
“A personal history of the borstal in Britain: a century of incarcerated children.”
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‘Did Something Happen to Mom When She Was Young?’
“The hidden history of the Cold War adoption complex.”
