The Friend Zone

… Blood and sister Eliza Wollstonecraft, destroyed because of unwanted pregnancies or unworthy husbands. Love, as she explained in the Vindication of the Rights of Woman, “cannot long feed on itself without expiring. And this extinction in its own flame, may be termed the violent death of love.”
As a fervent disciple of the Enlightenment, Wollstonecraft …

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The Civil Rights Movement: What Good Was It?

… The price is still out of the reach of some families, and the government, it seems to a lot of people, could spare enough free food to feed its own people. It angers people in the movement that it does not; they point to the billions in wheat we send free each year to countries …

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I Am Become a Name

… comrade Achates leads him to a grove where Queen Dido is building a temple, and he weeps to see wall paintings of scenes from the Trojan War, “feeding his spirit on empty, lifeless pictures.” He even finds himself represented there, “swept up in the melee, clashing with Greek captains.” Concealed in a dense mist and …

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Foreign Af fairs

… life, he found women to care for him, and Lilita now filled that sacrificial role for about three years, comforting him, helping to translate his works, and feeding him when he wasn’t gadding about with the Biddles, attending parties, and seducing younger women. One of those women was my mother.
Perse’s letters to …

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Anatomy of a Collision

… doing,” Natalia says, “she’s actually okay.”
Today, Natalia declines to see children with her daughter’s syndrome, which isn’t always easy. Once, when scrolling through a syndrome-related Facebook group, she saw her name on the feed. One parent was looking for a new pediatrician, and another mentioned Natalia as a possibility …

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The Corals and the Capitalist

… live embedded in their digestive tracts. The algae photosynthesize, mixing carbon dioxide and water with the sun’s energy to form sugar and oxygen. The algae then feed 90 percent of the sugar they make directly to the coral. This sugar is the fuel that gives the coral the power to build the great calcium …

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Henrietta and Her Moths

… make), just which is the moth of the grape, apple, or whatever your label indicates. You will thus know, also, at a moment’s glance, how to feed them. They know what they want, which is more than can be said of some people.
Henrietta, who in those days knew exactly what she wanted, quickly …

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Tulsa 2022

… 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.
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For the Love of Horror

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The Fantasy of Real Life

… 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.
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