Youngstown, Ohio resurrects itself from a Rust Belt death.
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Edited by Dan Ferrara. Photo by Greg Miller.
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The Green Bicycle Murder
On a warm summer evening in 1919, a comely young factory worker named Bella Wright set out for a bicycle ride through the country lanes outside Leicester, England. What happened next involved a revolver, a raven, and a shady character on a high-end green bicycle.
Bicycling
Edited by Bill Strickland. Illustrations by Chris Gall.
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The Boys from Brazil
American rodeo is taking on a Latin flair.
The Atlantic
Edited by Don Peck. Photo by Alison London.
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Channeling Sappho
The poet Mary Barnard was an extremely private person, and single throughout her entire life. Her verse was spare and a bit cold, devoid of people. So how is that her 1958 book—Sappho: A New Translation—perfectly captured the Greek lyric poet, in all her sublime sensuality? Edited by Chris Lydgate.
Reed Magazine
Edited by Chris Lydgate.
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The First Dude in His Element
Todd Palin competes in the Tesoro Iron Dog, a 2,000 mile snowmobile race across Alaska.
Sports Illustrated
Edited by Chris Hunt.
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Strange Paradise
Ruled over by druggie tyrant Manuel Noriega for seven years, and occupied by the US military for nearly a century, Panama is still dotted with torture chambers and ominous military installations. Which is exactly what makes it a primo tourist destination.
The Atlantic
Edited by Amy Meeker.
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My Grandson, The Writer
The summer I turned 18, I lived with my grandmother in our family’s rambling summer home in New Hampshire’s Lakes Region. It was an unusual housing scenario, but somehow the experience kind of launched my writing career.
The Smart Set
Edited by Jason Wilson.
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Wonder Boy
At the age of four, slum kid Budhia Singh ran 40 miles without stopping in the blistering heat of his native India. Then, afterwards, his childhood only grew stranger.
Runner’s World
Edited by Peter Flax. Photo by J. Carrier.
Republished in Going Long: The Best Stories from Runner’s World.
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Ways and Means
Russell Means is an American Indian activist and a movie star who played the last Mohican in Last of the Mohicans. In late 2007, he seceded from the United States, to launch The Republic of Lakotah. But is Lakotah an actual sovereign nation, or just a state of mind?
The Washington Post Magazine
Edited by David Rowell. Photo by Hector Emanuel.
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