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Open Secrets and Broken Promises

…Central Florida, demonstrates his artistic impartiality by giving Michael the best lines in this dialogue, including the climactic zinger. “I may be a deplorable, but so are you. All of…

Love Letter to the Dollyverse

Sarah Smarsh’s She Come by It Natural—part biography, part memoir, part love letter—arrives at a fascinating time in the evolving cultural persona of Dolly Parton. Last fall, the podcast series…

Suffering in Coal Country

…the legal battles disease-stricken miners waged against their wealthy employers for modest monthly payments of $500 to $800. The weapons lawyers used when they worked for companies like Massey Coal

Home, Happiness, and Hurt

…and Modern Day Slavery in the ‘New’ South,” Cleveland describes her awakening to the profound inequality baked into “the racial and religious power dynamics” of NCAA basketball at Duke University….

What We’ll Miss and What We’ll Share

…I had wanted to say: Yes, it was sad to be reminded that my friend was gone, but it was also a joy, because in a real way I got…

Baking Can Save You

…— in the tradition of Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential — Donovan’s testimony is beautifully written, fresh, and powerful, not to mention aptly named. She describes her hunger to move beyond…

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