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The Man Behind the Punishing Barkley Marathons
At the Bitter Southerner, Sarah Estes visits the creator of Tennessee’s strangest sporting event.
Posted inArts & Culture, Profiles & Interviews, Story, Uncategorized
What Happens Between What Seems Like All the Facts: On Interviewing Artists
Curator Michael Auping on the forty years he spent interviewing artists in their studios.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Brutality of the Barkley Marathons
One hundred-plus miles. No marked route. No GPS. No trails. No sleep. Can you finish in under 60 hours?
Posted inBlog Post, Nonfiction, Sports
The NBA’s Great Positionless Shift
Royce White’s skillset was tailor-made for the current NBA. Why he isn’t playing in the league is a shame.
Posted inBooks, Profiles & Interviews, Story
The Tether Between Two Worlds: An Interview with Sergio De La Pava
His new novel is about mass incarceration, indoor football, and parallel universes. De La Pava says that when “you dig deep, you start seeing the way everything is connected.”
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Rules of Ascent
For mountaineers, it’s not enough to get to the top – it must be done a certain way. But why is the harder way better?
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24-Hour Competitive Rock Climbing: Finger Tips as Rough as Rhino Skin
Why would anyone want to find out how many rock climbs they can do in a 24-hour period? For fun, of course.
Posted inBooks, Current Events, Essays & Criticism, Story, Unapologetic Women, Uncategorized
They Wanted Her Body
Thinking of Qandeel Baloch’s murder as an honor killing doesn’t capture the whole truth. She was silenced for revealing men’s hypocrisy.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
The Day New York Rose Up Against the Nazis On the Hudson
In 1935, a group of New York communists boarded a German luxury liner during a lavish sending-off party attended by celebrities, Rockefellers, and Roosevelts. Their goal: capture the swastika.
