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The Tradwife Origins of Thanksgiving
No Indians, No Pilgrims, Just a Heaping Serving of Gender Roles
Nov 25, 2025
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From Salem Witchcraft to Stephen King
The Haunting History of Indigenous Land Theft
Oct 27, 2025
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History, Violence, and Hope
Notes from the Literature Classroom Today
Oct 6, 2025
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On Fatigue
The Paradox of Long Covid and the Story I Cannot Tell
Sep 14, 2025
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AI Makes You Stupid. Discuss.
On the Terror of Returning to the Classroom
Aug 26, 2025
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When the Insulin Runs Out
A foray into insurance-induced rage
Jul 22, 2025
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On Tyrants, Tariffs, Paul Revere, and Qi
Also sugar, because the story is always about sugar when you are writing a book about sugar
Apr 20, 2025
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When the Tobacco Companies Weaponized Sugar
Kool-Aid, Seth Rogen, and Vanishing Caloric Density
Mar 31, 2025
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Molasses on the Mystic River
Routes of Egress Past and Present: on rum, molasses, March winds, eminent domain, alewives, and a walk along the Mystic on a cold day.
Mar 12, 2025
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An Invitation to Sweetness & Ruin
The book, some history, and cake
Feb 17, 2025
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Sweetness & Ruin
Sugar—from the 17th-century plantation to today's epidemic of diabetes. Racial capitalism, monoculture, cake.
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