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Life in a Prison Turned Hostel
You still remember the day / When you first saw the tiger’s trail. / You had just woken, and there it was. / Morning was like evening, full of shadows. –Gregor Strnisa, “There Was a Tiger Here” On a...
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The American Myths of Westward Expansion That Just Won’t Die
When we first got together in our early twenties, my boyfriend and I, both fresh out of college, would fight regularly about the pioneers. We fought about the pioneers on long car trips through the...
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The Last Train Trip Before Everything Changed
Toward the end of last year I found myself craving both snow and a slowing down of time. It had been a feverish few months crammed with work and deadlines and in which hardly a week passed without my...
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For the Love of Mail: Letter Writing in a Pandemic
My favorite activity, my only faithful daily ritual, is to check the mail. My husband pokes fun, but whenever I’m not traveling he lovingly leaves the task to me. These days, it goes without saying,...
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Imaginary Homelands: Lauren Markham Returns to Ancestral Landscapes for the...
My father, a second-generation Greek American, has always been a magnificent raconteur of the past. He likes to tell stories about all manner of things, but about our family—who we are and where we...
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