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A tentative first step in discovering new stories for the table—on growing, eating, and sharing food equitably in a rapidly warming world.
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Landmarkings, vol. 11A roving round-up of essays, journalism, and fiction about how we make sense of a rapidly changing world and our place in it, and how we tell its stories.
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A letter from Cambodia: An American journalist on the stateless Vietnamese communities forced to leave their floating homes on the Tonle Sap Lake, where they lived for generations. Plus: a Q&A.
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Travis Criddle: I walked with an open mind and heart, and no plansAn acquaintance from my early backpacking days talks about everything that has taken him to his new home along Italy’s Via Francigena.
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Landmarkings, vol. 10A roving round-up of essays, journalism, and fiction about how we make sense of a rapidly changing world and our place in it, and how we tell its…
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An Indian journalist on how conflicted she felt when she considered donating part of her liver to her father, in a country where women face social…
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Landmarkings, vol. 9The world outside your door: a wide-ranging round-up of stories about people and places & how we (want to) live now.
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A Japanese essayist on negotiating deep-rooted traditions and her own wayward path, and how this shaped her relationship with her father.
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Annotations on how we make sense of the world and tell its stories.
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Landmarkings, vol. 8.1The world outside your door: a wide-ranging round-up of stories about people and places & how we (want to) live now.
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From an old city by the sea #3Studies in minor details: Too long after we arrive, we finally go swimming—in search of a dazzling shore. Plus: a swimming lesson from Mao and…
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Weaving between past and present, vignettes from a life at sea about solitude and friendship by a Malaysian writer who once taught English on cruise…
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Movable Worlds

From KL, Berlin, and places in between: a newsletter about how we seek and tell stories to make sense of a changing world, and our personal and collective place in it.
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