SPOTLIGHT

Family Values

Augustine Sedgewick on the history of paternity and patriarchy

By Stephanie Bastek Friday, June 13, 2025

SPOTLIGHT

Family Values

Augustine Sedgewick on the history of paternity and patriarchy

By Stephanie Bastek Friday, June 13, 2025

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What happens when a progressive city is forced to reckon with its connections to an unjust past?

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A Pair of Elephants

Next Line, Please

Reasons for Living

Read Me a Poem

“The Last One” by W. S. Merwin

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Book Reviews

The Unjolly Green Giant

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Tuning Up

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Another You

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A Stronger Spine

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