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Join the author on a thought-provoking train ride from Boston to Rockport. This essay delves into the nuances of travel – the diverse passengers, the ...
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Anguish, Agony, Babylon: On Safiya Sinclair’s How to Say Babylon
Audrey Shipp unravels Safiya Sinclair’s ‘How to Say Babylon’—a mesmerizing journey through reggae festivals, family dynamics, and the clash between Rastafari beliefs and colonial traditions. ... -
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Embracing Time
Embrace the timeless narrative in this evocative essay, ‘Embracing Time,’ as it weaves through the intricacies of seasons, childhood adventures, and personal reflections. Explore a ... -
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What’s Known in November
Explore the captivating dance of nature in this poignant essay.
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Fourth Thursday in November
Dive into the nostalgic tapestry of ‘Fourth Thursday in November,’ an evocative journey through seven decades of Thanksgiving memories. From black-and-white football games to unexpected ... -
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Tell Me Something You’ve Learned in the Last Two Days
“We should stop using the term ‘bullet points.’” Erin Murphy offers life lessons on cherry blossoms, Gwyneth Paltrow, gun violence, and more.
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Patterns
In ‘Patterns’, a heartfelt narrative unfolds, capturing the tender interplay between a daughter and her ailing mother, where even the simple hospital gown weaves a ... -
No Happy Endings
I tried to convince myself I wasn’t a total trope—after all, the paradise we visited could be another person’s nightmare. “No Happy Endings” by Jamie ... -
Expat in Paris
I begin with a story of how I came to discover the work of James Baldwin; I begin with the novel Giovanni’s Room.
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House of Horror, Home of Light
Who will write this story? Welcome to history’s horror show—poverty’s shame, locked rooms, lashings? House of Horrors, Home of Light by Maria Terrone
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Running Lessons
“The mind, unlike a library, is more like a web.” Learn from Kristi Ferguson in today’s #EssaySaturday, “Running Lessons.”
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Ab Aqua Libertas
How could I then put into words my feelings about my favorite one of them all, the Danube?
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GOD: THE INTERVIEW
Can you remember the first time you began to fashion things of your own, whether objects, characters, or anything else?
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After a Hurricane
It’s 1992 and Mr. White Boots enters the house with a guttural meow and a mouse in his mouth. I scream like a banshee, thinking ... -
The Character Lessons
My father wanted to build my character so that nothing could destroy me, not even him. He wanted me to be strong and resilient, confident ... -
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Mean Streak
In those days we sat at individual wooden desks, the surfaces often scarred with carved initials, ink stains, and gouges from pencils. I had been ... -
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This Other Dresden
I never expected Dresden to be surreal. This was Germany – the trains would run on time, the architecture would be cold, people would be ... -
Dr. Putin’s Diet Revolution
As the Ukrainian war crosses into the border into Russia, our Saturday Essay serves a tapestry weaving current events, the visceral sting of history, and ... -
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Baltimore by the Mid-Morning Light
“I awoke before anyone else, in an unfamiliar house full of art and stuffed toys.” Today’s EssaySaturday USA is “Baltimore by the Mid-Morning Light” by ... -
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Spastic-Dog Woman
“My best shot of meeting anyone may be dog walking.” Today’s #EssaySaturday USA is “Spastic-Dog Woman” by Lisa K. Harris.