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STREETVIEW // Hope Springs Eternal (Until It Doesn’t)
STREETVIEW // Hope Springs Eternal (Until It Doesn’t)
2.3, Streetview, RecommendationHeather BlakesleeDecember 21, 2020Heather Shayne Blakeslee, Excerpt
PROFILE // Illustrating a Path
PROFILE // Illustrating a Path
2.3, ProfileHeather BlakesleeDecember 21, 2020Jared Michael Lowe, Excerpt
POETRY // Irresponsible and Damned: On poems by Lord Byron and Edgar Bowers
POETRY // Irresponsible and Damned: On poems by Lord Byron and Edgar Bowers
Poetry, 2.3Heather BlakesleeDecember 21, 2020Joshua Mehigan, Excerpt
EXCERPT // Notes from the Zombie Apocalypse
EXCERPT // Notes from the Zombie Apocalypse
Interview, 2.3, Book ExcerptHeather BlakesleeDecember 21, 2020Walter Foley, Excerpt
CONSTELLATIONS // The End and the Beginning
CONSTELLATIONS // The End and the Beginning
Streetview, Constellations, 2.3Heather BlakesleeDecember 21, 2020Diana Lu, Eva Wo, Ash Richards, Excerpt
Book Excerpt // The Long Reflection
Book Excerpt // The Long Reflection
Book Excerpt, 2.3, Art & IdeasHeather BlakesleeDecember 21, 2020Toby Ord, Excerpt
Essay // The Race to Save The Human Race
Essay // The Race to Save The Human Race
Art & Ideas, Essay, 2.3Heather BlakesleeDecember 21, 2020Logan Chipkin, Excerpt
OPENING SALVO // Eyes in the Sky, and on the Prize
Opening Salvo, 2.2Heather BlakesleeSeptember 30, 2020Heather Shayne Blakeslee, Janos Korodi, Excerpt
DESTINATION // Unity2020: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Democracy
Destination, 2.2Heather BlakesleeSeptember 30, 2020Heather Shayne Blakeslee, Excerpt
CONSTELLATIONS // Meet Me at ‘The Car’: A Philadelphia fooderie as American as apple (walnut) pie
Constellations, 2.2Heather BlakesleeSeptember 30, 2020Diana Lu, Excerpt
INTERVIEW // Can America Muster Its Braver Angels? An interview with John Wood Jr.
Interview, 2.2Heather BlakesleeSeptember 30, 2020Heather Shayne Blakeslee, Excerpt
CULTURE FILES // Officer of the Peace: An Olympic fencer turned police officer makes a plea for understanding
Culture Files, 2.2Heather BlakesleeSeptember 30, 2020Heather Shayne Blakeslee, Christopher Spencer, Excerpt
POETRY // Liberty in a Folding Chair: On ‘The New Colossus,’ by Emma Lazarus, and ‘After a Greek Proverb,’ by A.E. Stallings
Poetry, 2.2Heather BlakesleeSeptember 30, 2020Joshua Mehigan, Excerpt
PROFILE // Mental States: For painter Janos Korodi, home—and freedom—are in the mind
Profile, 2.2Heather BlakesleeSeptember 30, 2020Ginger Rudolph, Janos Korodi, Excerpt, excerpt
REVIEW // ‘Tracing Origins’ Exhibit at Rowan University
Review, 2.2Heather BlakesleeSeptember 30, 2020Ginger Rudolph, Claes Gabriel, Excerpt
FICTION // Gus and Lizzy: Chapter One, Part Two
Fiction, Book Excerpt, 2.2Heather BlakesleeSeptember 30, 2020Gerald Veasley, Christopher Spencer, Excerpt
SWITCHBACKS // Taking the Car Out of Park: After lifelong silence, a conversation about race brings joy and love
Switchbacks, 2.2Heather BlakesleeSeptember 30, 2020Clarissa F. Griebel, Christopher Spencer, Excerpt
NONFICTION // Monsters: A Case Study
NONFICTION // Monsters: A Case Study

Nonfiction Excerpt by Lorraine Daston & Katharine Park

Scholars Lorraine Daston and Katharine Park are experts in the ways that societies have viewed monsters throughout history they look at the ways the printing press helped spread stories about both real and fictional phenomena.


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1.2Heather BlakesleeJuly 9, 2020Lorraine Daston, Katharine Park, Excerpt
ART // Eric Battle, King of the Monsters
ART // Eric Battle, King of the Monsters

by Ginger Rudolph

Graphic artist Eric Battle is a reluctant hero who has worked at some of the most respected comic houses in the country. He shares his origin story and his hopes for the industry with Ginger Rudolph.

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1.2Heather BlakesleeJuly 9, 2020Ginger Rudolph, Eric Battle, Excerpt
OPENING SALVO: Wreck/Reckoning
OPENING SALVO: Wreck/Reckoning

By Heather Shayne Blakeslee

What light are we each keeping alive in the dark?

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2.1Heather BlakesleeJuly 9, 2020Heather Shayne Blakeslee
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