Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright: Inside the Dark World of the Illegal Wildlife Trade with Rachel Nuwer

Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright: Inside the Dark World of the Illegal Wildlife Trade with Rachel Nuwer

by: Madhvi Ramani In 2010, when Rachel Love Nuwer was conducting scientific research about how people living near two national parks in Vietnam used the forest, her attention was drawn to the subject of illegal poaching. What followed was a years-long investigation that took her from the waterlogged jungle at Vietnam’s southern tip to a traditional Chinese market in Guangzhou to a South African prison and a reptile zoo in Japan. Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking is…

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Author to Author: Micah Perks and Michelle Bailat-Jones

Author to Author: Micah Perks and Michelle Bailat-Jones

What happens when two authors who have never met agree to interview each other? Join us as we launch our brand new author to author interview series in which some of today’s finest writers discuss the writing life, the craft of writing and their latest works. We’re thrilled to feature Micah Perks and Michelle Jones-Bailat in conversation. Micah Perks: What languages do you translate? Michelle Jones-Bailat: I translate from French into English, and I have done work from Japanese into…

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The Gold T: A Father’s Gift

The Gold T: A Father’s Gift

by: Trish Cantillon By the fall of 1980, my dad had died of cirrhosis of the liver. In the last year of his life I felt angry, sad and guilty. I did whatever I could to avoid seeing him and barely tolerated him when I did. He was bottoming out in his disease and at only fifteen, I was ill-equipped to manage those complicated feelings. His death brought relief and I was immediately grateful to be out from under the…

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The Weight of Perfection

The Weight of Perfection

by: Veneranda Aguirre You’re a 16-year old girl who lives between the middle class American and upper class Mexican cultures that exist in your border town of Nogales, Arizona. You’re on the pretty side, 5’6” and 150 pounds. You’ve always been a giant compared to the kids your age, which is just one of myriad ways that you don’t fit in. Not even to your own family. Your family nicknames are Thunder Thighs and Bubble Butt. Because you’re a Latina….

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Refresh Rewind: Sickness and Health

Refresh Rewind: Sickness and Health

by:  The Refresh Editors Have you ever rolled your eyes at the health coverage you see in magazines or online? If you’re tired of reading cheery listicles of health tips that don’t take chronic illness into account, or paeans to the latest trendy diet, TheRefresh is here for you with pieces that explore not just how to stay well, but how to live a full, rich life even as you face health challenges, and that honor the personal experiences of…

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