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Published with Half-Letter Press, a new essay on a bizarre law enforcement experiment
May 1, 2024
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What I've been Wikipedia-ing
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Jan 7
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What if knowing animals' thoughts might actually be a nightmare?
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Behind F1's Velvet Curtain: Kate Wagner on Formula 1 racing
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I think about this a lot: An old West Wing Christmas episode
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Remembering and forgetting at the Sixth Floor Museum
Aug 4, 2021
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some things are on fire, some have already burned
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we are saying thank you & waving
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The soul superstar you've never heard of
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Francis Gooding on South Africa's anti-apartheid jazz musicians
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The misadventure of Disney's America
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Arthur Russell's "This Is How We Walk on the Moon" three ways
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It's lilac season!
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Zoë Keating’s loops and rhythms
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