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Of the Farm

In the 1970s, Martha McPhee lived on a rambling property with siblings, half-siblings, and her frequently naked parents. The farm was named after a utopia—but for a sensitive young girl coming of age, life was far from it.

The Italian Job

Ginori issues a line of home furnishings and fabrics.

THE LAST MAESTROS OF Sartoria Ciardi

Over the past century, the master tailors of Naples have become among the most renowned in the world. Today, without an urgent effort by younger generations to preserve the dying craft, Italy's legendary tradition could go extinct.

GOOD PRESS

Gutenberg! a musical about the inventor of the printing press might just be the unlikeliest thing to hit Broadway in years, and also the most delightful. Marley Marius meets its champions.

The NEW KING of College Football

Caleb Williams has already won a Heisman, resurrected a storied USC program, and become a highly paid pioneer in this newly lucrative era of college sports. Why would he ever want to leave school?

Chris Evans is Having Second Thoughts

Some of the things that the reluctant leading man has been contemplating lately include: humanity's tiny place in our vast galaxy, autumns in New England, whether his dog realizes he's famous, and how, well, maybe being a movie star isn't the best occupation for a guy who's so prone to thinking about absolutely everything.

Bad Boy of the Bible

A conversation with pastor and best-selling author Max Lucado about anxiety, imperfection and his new book, God Never Gives Up on You: What Jacob's Story Teaches Us About Grace, Mercy and God's Relentless Love

The Pet Portraitist

At my age, was it too late to find a new direction in life?

EVERYDAY GREATNESS: Jessica Manfre

Uniting military and civilian communities through acts of kindness

A Woman of Courage

After I was widowed, fear took over my life. How could I trust anyone if I couldn't trust God?

Keep on Truckin'

How to bring a couple back together: share a long-haul drive in an 18-wheeler

Letters From Phil

My older brother and I went our separate ways: he to the Air Force, me to a marriage that didn't last. He lived a rough-and-tumble life, but that's not what really worried me

My Answer to Pain

Inflammation was wreaking havoc with my health. Was God trying to show me a better way to live?

The Cake Mixer Mishap

I should’ve listened to Mom

Star Turn

I worried about my introverted daughter. Then Olivia flipped the script

Confidence Builder

My five boys didn't need me to homeschool them anymore. Now I wanted to be good at something else. But could I?

Ordinary People

The story behind Norman Rockwell's celebrated painting

Unearthed

I pulled the overgrown remnants of my herb garden, putting it to bed for the season, and went over a mental list of all the things to do before winter began—change out the screens for storm windows, finish the yard work, bring down the draft blockers from the attic.

The Parent Trap

Inside Sam Bankman-Fried's family bubble.

Behind a Locked Door

As a girl in Austria, Evy Mages was sent to a mysterious villa where a doctor performed cruel experiments. Decades later, she learned why.

Nepo Baby

Hey, guys! There’s been a lot of discussion going on lately and I just wanted to clear the air. I totally understand that people think I got my job because of my dad, but I definitely would have still been the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ even if my dad wasn’t God. Everyone says I would have been the Son of God even if I weren’t the son of God.

'Romeo and Juliet' Was a Tragedy

In 1968, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting were the most famous teenagers in the world. Fifty-five years later, they sued Paramount for child abuse.

67 Minutes With... Werner Herzog

The filmmaker famous for bending the truth tries his hand at memoir.

ANNALS OF GASTRONOMY RED SHIFT

Is an all-meat diet what nature intended?

IN OTHER WORDS

J. M. Coetzee's interlingual romance.

YOU RULE

If democracy is ailing, how best to heal it?

DIGITAL MEMORY

The emotionally haunted electronic music of Oneohtrix Point Never.

VALHALLA-ON-THAMES

A new \"Rheingold\" exemplifies a troubled but feisty London scene.

PLANT LIFE

Rebecca Gilman's \"Swing State\" and Theresa Rebeck's \"Dig.\"

MOM GENES

Michelle Buteau's caring comedy.