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heroes

November 30, 2018

A Preternatural Devotion: Remembering Ricky Jay

by Lawrence Weschler
November 28, 2018

The Lady Hero’s Journey

by Kathleen O'Mara
January 26, 2018

I Took a 24-Hour Social Media Break and Now I Am a Better Parent and the Ruler of the Earth and All Creatures That Inhabit It

by Andrew Knott
July 17, 2013

Mediocre Grit

by Charlie Laud
April 11, 2012

While Tied to a Conveyer Belt, Inches Away From Imminent and Inescapable Doom, a Hero Reflects

by Robert Edward Sullivan
November 13, 2009

Monologue: A Mysterious Drifter Just Isn’t Up To Saving A Small Town

by Jon Gutierrez

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September 6, 2019

List: Honest Academic Job Postings

by Ryan Weber
September 10, 2019

List: I Am “Why Do I Need Venmo?” Years Old

by Janine Annett and Ali Solomon
September 12, 2019

List: 16 Surprising Ways to Injure Yourself When You’re Over 40

by Liz Alterman
August 26, 2019

List: Attending Burning Man or Parenting a Toddler?

by Anna Hecker

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September 17, 2019

Poems William Carlos Williams Revised After Being Told By His Agent to “Do More Plums Content!”

by Kate Herzlin
September 16, 2019

“Cancel Culture” Is Dangerous Because Everybody Deserves Redemption and the Right to Work, Except Actresses Who Turn 40

by Tom Smyth
September 16, 2019

List: Five Reasons to Stop Whatever You’re Doing and Write a Dystopian Feminist Novel

by Siobhan Adcock
September 16, 2019

Why You May as Well Vote for Joe Biden

by Curtis Retherford