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Forum From the Archives: Novelist Ann Patchett Rereads 'Bel Canto' in New Annotated Edition
Have you ever reread something you wrote years earlier and cringed? Or maybe you were surprised by the depth, heart and complexity of what your young…
1 year, 2 months ago
Forum From the Archives: Vallejo’s Breakout Star LaRussell Performs In Studio
LaRussell is known for a lot of things. His prolific music drops. His backyard concerts from his hometown, the “itty bitty city near the Bay,” Vallej…
1 year, 2 months ago
Forum From the Archives: ‘Soldiers and Kings’ Investigates the World of Human Smuggling
Anthropologist Jason De León has spent a career documenting the stories of migrants making their way across the Sonoran Desert at the Southern US bor…
1 year, 2 months ago
Forum From the Archives: SETI Scientists on 40 years of Asking the Universe 'Are We Alone?'
Are we alone? Really, though, in a cosmic sense. 40 years ago the pioneering radio astronomer Jill Tarter co-founded a Bay Area non profit to support…
1 year, 2 months ago
Forum From the Archives: Finding Awe and Inspiration in the Natural World's ‘Vanishing Treasures’
“The time to fight, with all our ingenuity and tenacity, and love and fury, is now.” That sounds like a rallying cry for democrats after their profou…
1 year, 2 months ago
Forum From the Archives: Wintersongs From the Vocal Ensemble Kitka, Live in Studio
For 45 years, the Bay Area's vocal ensemble Kitka has entranced audiences with their complex harmonies, breathtaking vocal techniques and vast repert…
1 year, 2 months ago
Forum From the Archives: Writing Odes to the Everyday with James Parker
A squirrel in the street. Actors running in movies. A misplaced cup of tea. Naps. These topics are but a few that Atlantic staff writer James Parker …
1 year, 2 months ago
Forum From the Archives: Richard Powers’ Novel ‘Playground’ Explores Vastness of Oceans and AI
Novelist Richard Powers has a way of making us see the world, and our place in it, in entirely new ways. His 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winning novel Overst…
1 year, 2 months ago
Forum From the Archive: The Best Podcasts of 2024
The past year, more than any other, “demonstrated how podcasts as a whole bleed into the real world and play a huge role in American culture, for bet…
1 year, 2 months ago
Forum From the Archives: The Beauty in Finding ‘Other People’s Words’ in Your Own
About ten years ago, two of journalist Lissa Soep’s closest friends died around the same time. In her grieving, she found consolation in the philosop…
1 year, 2 months ago