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One Sunny Day
“Every year when the days begin to stretch and the penetrating heat of summer rises to a scorching point, I am brought back to one...
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First Meal
Wrongful convictions haunt the American criminal justice system, as revealed in recent years by DNA and other investigative tools. And every wrongfully convicted person who...
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Spinning Tea Cups
In nine quirky, richly told, intersecting essays, Alexandra Teague brings readers along for the wild ride, traversing the American landscape in the company of a...
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He, Leo
Largely remembered for his mysterious disappearance in May 1971, Lew Welch was an important voice of the Beat Generation and San Francisco Renaissance. He spoke...
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Constructing a Democracy
Every ten years, states go through the process of redistricting: choosing how to divide up and apportion their state and federal legislative districts. How the...
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There Was an Old Woman
Andrea Carlisle isn’t struggling with her new identity as the Old Woman in the ways society seems to think she should. In fact, she is...
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Sap in Their Veins
In 1972 David Paul Bayles left the suburbs of Los Angeles for a summer job as a logger. Then, instead of heading off to photography...
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Scene Shifting
In an introductory essay to Scene Shifting, Dan Powell speaks of his father’s influence on him in his youth. He describes growing up in the...