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Resisting a Truce with the Unknown

…bourbon decanter and not a golden calf. That we had been praying to the alcohol all along explained a few things.” Jones oscillates between loving compassion for those who shaped…

Polished Jewels

…learned to read.”  The natural histories complement and enlarge the personal ones. Renkl’s wry appraisal of both human and nonhuman animals is affectionate yet unsentimental. From the Nashville suburbs where…

Eternal Questions, Evolving Answers

…For example, there’s Caltech physicist Sean Carroll’s theory of “Two-Headed Time,” which builds on the work of fellow physicist Alan Guth. Carroll posits that time has existed forever and the…

Reality Orientation

…Bronx. An employee-owned model for home care workers, CHCA serves clients throughout the Bronx. The women who tend to apply for CHCA jobs have already faced profound challenges. Many have…

Strange Things Happening

…to really be into roller derby. There’s a museum called the Odditorium. Labor County, then, is like most any other place in the world, real or imagined. Weird. Which is…

Nobody Untended

…town of Falls, North Carolina — Gurganus’ home state. Fans of his previous work — including the national bestseller Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All and, most recently, 2013’s trio…

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