Articles Tagged with #family
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Gallery
New York From 1,200 Feet
Paintings of New York from the perspective of a plane flying at 1,200 feet, along the Hudson River.
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Gallery
Grace Happens
Tobacco farmers, churchgoers, and signs of rapid growth crop up like kudzu along North Carolina’s Highway 15-501, aka Tobacco Road.
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Personal Histories
Dear Daughter, Your Mom
Drawing inspiration from those who went before, and those still to come, in the waitress wars.
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Every Unhappy Family
Girl With the Old English Tattoo
A court order is found buried in a desk. A private detective is hired. But tracking down a doppelgänger is not the same as confronting one.
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Personal Histories
A Country’s Width
Years go by easier when there are 2,000 miles separating a father and son. Then an American flag turns up in your lap.
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Letters From Beirut
The Cantina Scene
Returning to America after five years in the Middle East calls for a no-sleep jaunt back to Beirut for drinking, partying, and tying up loose ends.
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Profiles
Main Street, USA
Sinclair Lewis despised his hometown in Minnesota. It disliked him, too, especially after being lampooned in a bestselling novel that mocked the citizens for their small-town ways. These days, though, he’s all they’ve got.
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Apocalypse Because Humans
Big Water
The California Dream is made possible by old water and big water. Unfortunately, the former doesn’t care about us, and the latter’s running dry. A native reports from the wine country, where fires loom.
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The Music Desk
The Cello Courier
After a death in the family, a precious musical instrument must be transported a thousand-plus miles. Should it break, a lot more is at stake than just music.
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Our Passions, Our Day Jobs
Essaying Through Life
A youthful pledge to become an essayist gets lost.
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The Travel Desk
One Small Store
Two men, separated by more than 150 years, discover the folly of attempting Western-style capitalism in Micronesia.
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Personal Histories
The Illuminated
A family that relies on the satisfactions of the logical—calculus, physics, chemistry—finds itself haunted by ghosts.