Bugs on the Move

In evidence of global warming, pests increasingly endanger food supplies

Playing for Keeps

Being a kid isn’t what it used to be

Have Faith

A conversation in four quarters

Tuesdays with Siri

On talking to computers

Podiatry for Rhinos

Foot problems can lead to their deaths

Making Excuses

We love to complain, but is that all we’re doing?

Though He Doth Tarry

On messianism and climate change

How Did You Become a Writer?

(Short answer: By writing)

Are You Smarter Than My Cat?

On animal IQ tests

A Monster Star is Born

Telescope in Chile tracks a mass in the Milky Way

Burned

“The White Heart of God” by Jack Gilbert

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Paige Ledom

Out of the ordinary

Cudillero

“The Terrorist, He’s Watching” by Wislawa Szymborska

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Keepers of the Old Ways

Eliot Stein on the people keeping cultural traditions alive

Above the River of Your Longing

Two new prompts

Casa Gorín

“The Purse-Seine” by Robinson Jeffers

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Birthday Boy

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