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Posted inNonfiction

The Passing of a Monarch: A Reading List on Queen Elizabeth II

by Alison Fishburn September 14, 2022October 20, 2022

A look at the remarkable life and complicated legacy of Queen Elizabeth II.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Oysters That Knew What Time It Was

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 2, 2020October 19, 2022

“Are we autonomous, self-running machines, or is life in constant, subtle communication with the Earth, sun, moon, and even stars?”

Posted inNonfiction

No Time Like the Present

by Robert Burke Warren April 21, 2020December 9, 2022

You don’t know what day it is, do you? Robert Burke Warren digs into ‘the Oddball Effect’ and fascinating brain data that may help explain why.

Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story

Two Clocks, Running Down

by Colin Dickey June 28, 2019October 19, 2022

In “Time Is a Thing the Body Moves Through,” T Fleischmann resists metaphor, even as they reflect on the metaphor-saturated work of Félix González-Torres.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Species of Grief

by Sari Botton May 1, 2019October 19, 2022

In the wake of losing both her father and her dog in the space of six months, Meghan Daum muses on different experiences of loss, grief, time and aging.

Posted inEditor's Pick

To Grieve Is to Carry Another Time

by Sari Botton April 24, 2019October 19, 2022

A personal essay in which Matthew Salesses considers the impact of his wife’s passing, and other factors, on his experience as a human passing through the fourth dimension.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Featured, Nonfiction, Story

To Grieve Is to Carry Another Time

by Matthew Salesses April 22, 2019October 19, 2022

Matthew Salesses considers the impact of his wife’s passing, and other factors, on his experience as a human passing through the fourth dimension.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction

To Grieve Is to Carry Another Time

by Matthew Salesses April 22, 2019October 19, 2022

Matthew Salesses considers the impact of his wife’s passing, and other factors, on his experience as a human passing through the fourth dimension.

Posted inBooks, Commentary

This Month In Books: Botanize Your Past To Save the Future

by Dana Snitzky April 16, 2019October 19, 2022

This month’s books newsletter is overflowing with regional fiction, travel writing … and retro-botany.

closeup of an adult white man's hands holding a stethescope
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Quotes, Unapologetic Women

There Was Nothing We Could Have Done, Because We’re Racist and You’re Black

by michelleweber January 16, 2019October 19, 2022

“The prevalent perception of black women as unruly bodies and incompetent caretakers overrules even the most dominant stereotype about us—namely, that we are superhuman.”

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