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Otter Foolishness

By Brian Doyle | 10/24/2014 |

But an odd and glorious sound

Seven Things Writers Can Learn from Stand-up Comedians

By Ben Yagoda | 07/14/2014 |

Full Moons

By Brian Doyle | 06/13/2014 |

Adventures in bus driving

Two Philosophers

By David Lehman | 06/09/2014 |

What would Kierkegaard and Hegel do about the crises of our day?

My Boat

By Brian Doyle | 05/09/2014 |

Or, the day I challenged the Coast Guard

By the Light of the Silvery Moon …

By Brian Doyle | 01/10/2014 |

So go the dung beetles

Your Brain On Risk

By Jessica Love | 10/18/2012 |

The neuroscience of world domination; or, what happens when bad science meets bad writing

Mrs. Simmons, of Australia, Would Like You to Know

By Brian Doyle and Pico Iyer | 11/29/2011 |

An exchange in verse

Excerpts from the Worst of the Year Anthologies

By Gerald Jonas | 08/25/2011