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Swimming the River of Song

How a young scholar demystified the ancient oral tradition

How a young scholar demystified the ancient oral tradition

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Surviving the Anthropocene

Can we reverse-engineer our way out of catastrophe?

Can we reverse-engineer our way out of catastrophe?

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TV’s Founding Mothers

The women who turned the small screen into a cultural phenomenon

The women who turned the small screen into a cultural phenomenon

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What A Long, Strange Trip It’s Been

The celebrated depiction of a miracle is, by its very survival, a miracle in itself

The celebrated depiction of a miracle is, by its very survival, a miracle in itself

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Artist of Excess

The man who painted his century’s nightmare

The man who painted his century’s nightmare

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Order Amid Chaos

A poet-scientist considers the imponderables of existence

A poet-scientist considers the imponderables of existence

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Cultural or Criminal?

How to explain Texas’s hunger for executions

How to explain Texas’s hunger for executions

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Family Secrets

A writer’s personal quest to expose a mass murderer who escaped punishment

A writer’s personal quest to expose a mass murderer who escaped punishment

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Outbreaks and Outcomes

Plagues thrive on more than just pathogens

Plagues thrive on more than just pathogens

A Portrait of the Scholar

The life of Ireland’s towering literary figure became a work of art in its own right

The life of Ireland’s towering literary figure became a work of art in its own right

The Unjolly Green Giant

How C. F.  Seabrook became the Lear of the vegetable fields

How C. F.  Seabrook became the Lear of the vegetable fields

The Rascal of Pont-Aven

Reassessing a renowned painter’s troubling life

Reassessing a renowned painter’s troubling life

Sticking With It

A sobering chronicle of our toxic times

A sobering chronicle of our toxic times

Unbuilding the Mystery

What might Indigenous spiritual practices have in common?

What might Indigenous spiritual practices have in common?

Farmed Out

The uncertain future of the nation’s heartland

The uncertain future of the nation’s heartland

Streams of Consciousness

A writer’s intrepid exploration of troubled waters

A writer’s intrepid exploration of troubled waters

An Enigma at the Center

The story of the American West in one photograph

The story of the American West in one photograph

Doing Nothing Is Everything

An areligious writer finds peace in a Benedictine monastery

An areligious writer finds peace in a Benedictine monastery

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