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I wasn’t here to see them, the planes. The fire that turned to smoke that turned to ashes. The 110 stories of steel and glass […]

September 8, 2021

Some of my first initiation rites into American society took place in the vintage green booths of a Burger King. It’s a bit of a […]

May 2, 2021

“A joy it will be one day, perhaps, to remember even this.” —Aeneid Last week I noticed that my town’s main street started the daily […]

May 2, 2021

An average vaccine typically takes anywhere from 10 to 15 years to develop. Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca finished theirs in a matter of months, cobbling […]

March 31, 2021

Malcolm Gladwell has a memorable voice. He speaks in silky, lilting syllables tinged with just a touch of graininess. He times his pauses. He talks […]

March 17, 2021

We were walking in a picture-perfect Connecticut afternoon. The soft breeze chilled our fingers, and the sun was beginning to warp our shadows as we […]

March 3, 2021

A scientific study once found that approximately 63 percent of U.S. adults experienced boredom at least once in the course of a 10-day sampling period. […]

February 18, 2021

It began this past November, when shaky helicopter footage first captured the wildlife officials traversing rugged terrain. They stopped before a metal prism, heads angled […]

February 3, 2021

Four days. As if to blur four long years in an 88-hour whirlwind of ballot-counting and news updates. As if to erase away the pencil […]

November 10, 2020

I remember how my server nearly timed out while I reread my sentences and verified SAT scores for the umpteenth time. How I had drawn […]

November 4, 2020

Every Saturday at 8 p.m., I settle in front of my phone. My grandparents’ pixelated faces fill up the screen, moving around in time-lapsed slices. […]

October 22, 2020