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The Ghosts of Gloria Lara
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The Ghosts of Gloria Lara

Before that year, I knew nothing about Colombia—nothing real. I was eleven and too focussed on the Dominican Republic I’d left behind and on my own immigrant bullshit to worry about anywhere else

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November 06, 2023
LAST WATCH
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LAST WATCH

In a technological age, lighthouse devotees renew an ancient tradition

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November 06, 2023
THROUGH THE SMOKE
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THROUGH THE SMOKE

The aftermath of the Maui wildfires

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November 06, 2023
"My Name is Barbra," Excerpted
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"My Name is Barbra," Excerpted

With her long-awaited memoir, Barbra Streisand offers a funny and frank look at her career, six decades in

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October 30, 2023
A Reporter at Large: Hot Air
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A Reporter at Large: Hot Air

Carbon offsets are sold as a fix for climate catastrophe—but brands have paid millions for worthless credits.

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October 23, 2023
American Chronicles: The Pitchfork of History
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American Chronicles: The Pitchfork of History

Beyond the myth of rural America.

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October 23, 2023
REORIENTING "BUTTERFLY"
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REORIENTING "BUTTERFLY"

At Detroit Opera, a new production subverts Puccini’ depiction of Japan.

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October 30, 2023
EYE FOR AN EYE
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EYE FOR AN EYE

Henry Taylor and the fraught art of seeing.

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October 30, 2023
DRILLING DOWN
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DRILLING DOWN

“Killers of the Flower Moon.”

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October 30, 2023
CHINA'S AGE OF MALAISE
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CHINA'S AGE OF MALAISE

Facing a grim economy, disillusioned youth, and fleeing entrepreneurs, Xi Jinping turns to the past

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October 30, 2023
THE WRESTLER
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THE WRESTLER

How Jim Jordan prosecutes Trump's conspiracy theories in Congress.

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October 30, 2023
NEEDFUL THINGS
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NEEDFUL THINGS

The raw materials for the world we've built come at a cost.

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October 30, 2023
IF NOT NOW, LATER
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IF NOT NOW, LATER

What gardening offered after a son's death

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October 30, 2023
Personal History – Under the Carpetbag
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Personal History – Under the Carpetbag

A sixty-year friendship.

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October 16, 2023
PREACHER MAN
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PREACHER MAN

Leslie Odom, Jr., stars in \"Purlie Victorious.\"

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October 09, 2023
THIS IS FINE
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THIS IS FINE

Ed Ruscha's calmly collapsing America.

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October 09, 2023
SONGS OF SURRENDER
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SONGS OF SURRENDER

The musical legacy of a notorious Mississippi prison.

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October 09, 2023
CHICAGO IS BURNING
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CHICAGO IS BURNING

The blaze that ravaged a metropolis, and the lies that it launched.

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October 09, 2023
FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTERS
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FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTERS

Writers reimagine Mary Shelley and the monster she created.

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October 09, 2023
HEART
The New Yorker

HEART

Before 2015, I'd never been to Beijing, which is quite odd-an adult who's been working a few years ought to have visited the capital for a meeting or a classmate's wedding or simply to view the corpses of great men. For some reason, anyway. But I never did-a training session in Shenzhen, a business trip to Sichuan, but never Beijing. I never even got as far as Hebei.

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October 09, 2023
BIG LITTLE LIES
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BIG LITTLE LIES

Dan Ariely and Francesca Gino got famous studying dishonesty. Did they fabricate some of their work?

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October 09, 2023
THE GROUP THAT OVERTURNED ROE
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THE GROUP THAT OVERTURNED ROE

Alliance Defending Freedom has won fifteen Supreme Court cases. Now it's targeting trans rights.

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October 09, 2023
CABIN FEVER
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CABIN FEVER

What tradition means at the historic Neshoba County Fair.

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October 09, 2023
OTHER DETECTORS
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OTHER DETECTORS

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October 09, 2023
TOP OF THE LINE
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TOP OF THE LINE

Kwame Onwuachi and the rise of autobiographical cuisine.

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October 09, 2023
American Chronicles – Passages
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American Chronicles – Passages

A trans teen in an anti-trans state.

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October 16, 2023
Epic Proportions
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Epic Proportions

Two new intergenerational sagas explore the American legacy.

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October 23, 2023
Horny on Main
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Horny on Main

Troye Sivan’ songs of desire.

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October 23, 2023
Possession
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Possession

What happens when a novelist writes a follow-up to someone else’s novel.

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October 23, 2023
Get Happy
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Get Happy

The business of contentment.

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October 23, 2023