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After the Dance
Maxim US

After the Dance

After becoming a world-class ballerina, Rachelle di Stasio is set to excel as a model and actress

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November - December 2022
Patti Smith – Be Here, Now
Vanity Fair US

Patti Smith – Be Here, Now

Through 366 images, Patti Smith finds art in the everyday

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November 2022
Julie Taymor
Vanity Fair US

Julie Taymor

The visionary director on the 25th anniversary of The Lion King, the power of travel, and her fear of hippos

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November 2022
The Past Is Present
Vanity Fair US

The Past Is Present

Half a century ago-amid Supreme Court hearings on Roe v. Wade, racial reckonings, and political tension a group of women launched Ms. magazine. Here, Gloria Steinem reflects on that first year

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November 2022
The Fight Ahead
Vanity Fair US

The Fight Ahead

The Supreme Court's decision to end federal protections for abortion access didn't just rewind the clock 50 years, it opened a Pandora's box of confusing, potentially life-threatening legal complications. VF talks with five women on the front lines.

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November 2022
The Rise of the Ronald
Vanity Fair US

The Rise of the Ronald

Ron DeSantis is the polished, competent, Fox-loving, lib-owning successor-in-waiting to Donald Trump's MAGA nation. Is it any wonder they're locked in a 2024 cold war?

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November 2022
Queen Elizabeth II, 1926–2022
Vogue US

Queen Elizabeth II, 1926–2022

In honor of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, Annie Leibovitz and Hamish Bowles pay tribute to a life of resilience and service.

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November 2022
Who Do the Benin Bronzes Belong to?
The Atlantic

Who Do the Benin Bronzes Belong to?

Thousands of pieces of art were looted by the British in what is now Nigeria, and are held mostly in Western museums. What to do with them is a harder question than it might seem.

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October 2022
The Twin Crusades Against Drugs and Guns
Reason magazine

The Twin Crusades Against Drugs and Guns

Americans are suffering the "unjust, cruel, and even irrational" consequences of the wars on intoxicants and firearms.

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November 2022
'The Rock on Which Modern Britain Was Built'
Newsweek US

'The Rock on Which Modern Britain Was Built'

In her seven-decade dedication to a life of service to her subjects, Elizabeth II won their hearts as well as their respect

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September 23, 2022
Charles in Charge
Newsweek US

Charles in Charge

With Queen Camilla by his side, the new king faces challenges in his realm-and his family

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September 23, 2022
Amanda Gorman Poet, 24
Harper's BAZAAR - US

Amanda Gorman Poet, 24

Amanda Gorman, whose recitation of "The Hill We Climb" at the 2021 inaguration made her America's most famous poet, has never met a mountain she couldn't scale

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September 2022
Black or Bot?
Mother Jones

Black or Bot?

As trolls and foreign agents co-opt Blackness for political gain, it's becoming harder and harder to identify truth online.

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September/October 2022
Reverse Culture Shock Is the Dark Side of Living Abroad
Cosmopolitan US

Reverse Culture Shock Is the Dark Side of Living Abroad

No one talks about it, but I'm ready to.

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Issue 05, 2022
The Wedding Present
The Atlantic

The Wedding Present

As a young woman, I had a friendly correspondence with a German soldier right after the war. I've been thinking about the silence at the core of our exchange ever since.

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September 2022
A World Without White People
The Atlantic

A World Without White People

Mohsin Hamid's empty parable of race transformation

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September 2022
Best Wishes
Poets & Writers Magazine

Best Wishes

Stories from the front of the book-signing line

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September - October 2022
Annie Hwang - Agents & Editors
Poets & Writers Magazine

Annie Hwang - Agents & Editors

Annie Hwang of Ayesha Pande Literary talks about community building, professional burnout, the questions writers should ask when querying agents, and the demanding work of advocating for diversity in publishing.

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September - October 2022
Ms. Robinson Goes to Hollywood
ELLE US

Ms. Robinson Goes to Hollywood

When my book became a TV show. I had to get myself camera-ready.

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August 2022
Book Prize Celebrates Older Poets
Poets & Writers Magazine

Book Prize Celebrates Older Poets

Even as the number of awards for debut poetry books seems to have increased over the years, an inordinate number of those awards are won by writers age forty and under.

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July - August 2022
As Told to - The Play's the Thing
Harper's BAZAAR - US

As Told to - The Play's the Thing

Shakespeare's Hamlet has been endlessly adapted. Playwright James Ijames's fat ham turns the chilling tragedy into a riotous exploration of queerness.

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August 2022
We Have a Printing Paper Problem
Reason magazine

We Have a Printing Paper Problem

A new supply chain parable for our times

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August - September 2022
Who Controls What Books You Can Read?
Reason magazine

Who Controls What Books You Can Read?

Welcome to Reason's summer banned books issue

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August - September 2022
Rise of the Sensitivity Reader
Reason magazine

Rise of the Sensitivity Reader

Overzealous gatekeeping on race and gender is killing books before they're published or even written.

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August - September 2022
Why Ryan Reynolds Can Use Winnie-the-Pooh To Sell You a Phone Plan
Reason magazine

Why Ryan Reynolds Can Use Winnie-the-Pooh To Sell You a Phone Plan

As Pop Culture icons enter the public domain, a strange new era of copyright begins.

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August - September 2022
‘Men and Women Need to Fight Together for Equality'
Newsweek

‘Men and Women Need to Fight Together for Equality'

Track and field-great Jackie Joyner-Kersee on winning Olympic gold and her hopes for the next generation of female athletes

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July 01 - 08, 2022 (Double Issue)
The Book That Never Stops Changing
The Atlantic

The Book That Never Stops Changing

What I’ve learned about Dublin, and myself, in a lifetime of reading Ulysses

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July - August 2022
Two fathers
Esquire US

Two fathers

Their sons were among the sixteen people who were killed in a bus accident on a cold afternoon in Saskatchewan. Chris Joseph and Scott Thomas lost their sons in the same way, but in grief, their roads diverged.

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Summer 2022
Alaska's Wild West
True West

Alaska's Wild West

Adventure and history await discovery across the last frontier state.

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June 2022
Advice to the Young
Reader's Digest US

Advice to the Young

One of the world's most celebrated writers has much to share—though she sometimes wonders whether she should keep her thoughts to herself

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June 2022