Sunday, June 25, 2017
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From the Horse’s Mouth
True tales of horse historians, mad bombers, and infinite jam jars
Stephanie Bastek
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Reading Thoreau at 200
Why is the seminal work of the great American transcendentalist held in such scorn today?
William Howarth
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Why 100,000,000 Americans Read Comics
The creator of Wonder Woman makes the case for superheroes—especially female ones
William Moulton Marston
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Our Nuclear Future
We may think the bomb is back, but it never really went away
Jeffrey Lewis
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Memories of Jazz Nights
You needed stamina, but the payoff was great
Phillip Lopate
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Sound and Silence
Jean Sibelius and the symphony that never was
Sudip Bose
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View from Rue Saint-Georges Wednesdays
Elegance in Action
It’s what you do, not what you have
Thomas Chatterton Williams
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Portrait of the Artist Mondays
Maia Cruz Palileo
Generational Juxtaposition
Noelani Kirschner
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THIS WEEK’S ARCHIVE PICK
Joyas Voladoras
By By Brian Doyle
Brian Doyle, who died on May 27, once wrote that “the biggest heart in the world is inside the blue whale.” After reading years of his writing, including almost 200 of his “Epiphanies,” we’re not so sure. Rest in peace, Brian. Your heart held so much in this lifetime.
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Red: The History of a Color
By Michel Pastoureau
This week, read an excerpt from a new book about the shade of love and rage
