Chapter 16
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Holding On

Little objects touch something tucked far away in the recesses of our hearts

…— circa 1960, holding two cups at full capacity — had resided in our Tupperware bin of dry dog food. Reese came to eagerly anticipate the sound of aluminum raking…

Mountain Meanderings

Ben Anderson chronicles a year in the Smokies

…more than 11 million visitors in 2016, the centennial of America’s National Parks system, the Smokies are well known, perennially the most visited park in the United States. But despite…

Contracts with the Devil

In Jennifer Haigh’s new novel, Heat and Light, energy companies choose profits over safety

…in natural gas. Many farmers, whose humble lives can be ruined by a single bad season, leap at the offer of financial security. Rich Devlin sees the gas leases as…

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