April 2015 Archives
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Novelists in Restaurants Eating Food
Tsujita LA Artisan Noodle
Sometimes a bowl of noodles is big enough to absorb conversation, literature, and the love lives of those nearby.
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Dispatches
In the Wilderness
A young girl in South Dakota—the last school-age child remaining in her community—epitomizes the challenges of rural American Judaism.
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Gallery
Scrubland Life
Three years of photographs from Europe’s mountainous backcountry, where off-the-grid communities struggle for autonomy.
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Law & Order
Hit Job
An unusual DEA raid on one of LA’s most reputable medical marijuana dispensaries reveals the bewildering conflict between state and federal drug laws.
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Opinions
Against the Clock
The invasion of the Apple Watch is imminent. While the technology future it heralds is exciting, some of our wrists are already spoken for.
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The Travel Desk
Around the World on 18 Plates
We asked people around the globe—in Uganda, Ecuador, Fiji, and more—to make food from the opposite side of Earth.
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Gallery
The Ghost Army
Art from World War II’s masters of deception—including the likes of Bill Blass, Ellsworth Kelly, Art Kane—who served in a top-secret unit that fought the enemy with trickery.
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Books on Books on Books
Binge Reading Disorder
The typical American consumes more than 100,000 words a day and remembers none of them.
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Novelists in Restaurants Eating Food
Union Square Sports Bar
An adventure of food and drink in San Francisco naturally expands to include Ornette Coleman, Mexican wedding cookies, and a pet monkey admiring the ocean.
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Personal Histories
The Limousine
Prom is a big night for many teenagers, full of firsts. First corsage. First big dance. Never mind first time in a limo—with disastrous results.
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Gallery
Sacred Headwaters
Dramatic photography from one of British Columbia’s most stunning spaces, under constant threat from mining development.
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Kitchen Tales
Knead for Naught
After decades of perfecting a homemade bread recipe, a single experiment transforms a home cook into an artisan.
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Personal Essays
Everything’s Amazing and Nobody’s Happy
Before he was America’s favorite philosopher comic, he was just another comedian out on tour. And she was the journalist he wanted to meet.
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Gallery
Objects of Affection
A darkly pop sensibility turns familiar objects on their heads—so a toothbrush becomes erotic, and popsicles are strangers in a crowd.
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Gallery
May the Road Rise to Meet You
Traveling the country with the great American salesman, a photographer rediscovers her father.