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To Catch a Sunset
… s baby; once they become yearlings, their mothers abandon them. We became aware of spots where they liked to rest late at night, and where they’d feed midmorning. Their hulk and bulk shook the ground. A telltale thump accompanied their approach.
One night, while I was working, the other residents had the first sighting …
Rhyme, Not Repetition
… is, “Maybe it’s some John Birch thing.” Such a person, Didion writes, is not so much engaged with society as “ignorant of it, able only to feed back certain of its most publicized self-doubts.”
The most publicized self-doubt in the age of Trump—at least for many—is whether American society has …
Turning the World to Powder
… literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek and sponsored by the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
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Corona Chasers
… Josh pointed our Dobsonian reflector at the clouds. Without a clear view of the sun, however, we weren’t able to frame the telescope to test the feed and ensure that the exposure was correct—on the off chance that we would see the eclipse. We rolled through our broadcast program in a formulaic manner …
Read MoreThe Given Child
… to the village to be close to his people, to be approached. So the woman came up to him.
She said she had three children but could feed only one. She had no goats, no sheep, only a little plot of barley and a mustard garden. She said her husband had not been seen for …
What Do You Want to Know For?
… altar).
The letters Alpha and Omega (in the rear wall).
The Holy Grail.
The Sheaf of Wheat.
The Cross in the Crown.
The Ship at Anchor.
The Lamb of God bearing the Cross.
The Mythical Pelican, with golden feathers, believed to feed its young on the blood of its own torn breast, as Christ the
Indiana Absurd
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Red Tide Warning
… communities, officials decided the best response was to release much of the bulging reservoir’s untreated contents—water that, environmentalists noted, had 10 times more red tide–feeding nitrogen in it than raw sewage does—into Tampa Bay.
Recently, Florida’s legislators have proposed a bill that would allow construction companies to use radioactive phosphate …
Changing the Lens
… Exploding the Canon:
Sing, Muse
Reedies Against Racism
The Spirit of ’68
Let Us Compare Mythologies
Changing the Lens
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We began this miniseries with a question: how much did Reed College change in response to …
American Modernism’s Lost Boy-King
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