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December 2023

Here's a truck stop instead of Saint Peter's
A quick, pre-holiday hello
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Dan Stone
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November 2023

A Thanksgiving note from Tobias Wolff
I find in this piece a deep hope many parents share—that our children will be curious and open and bright enough to recognize great art when they…
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Dan Stone
4
Lucinda Williams grew up chasing Flannery O'Connor's peacocks
A piece about artistic inheritance—what we glean from our elders and pass down to our kids
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Dan Stone
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October 2023

Gunplay at the dog park
You already know there’ll be a gun. This is Florida—and not just Florida, but the Panhandle, a hotbed of evangelical conservatives—so there’s always a…
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Dan Stone
6
How John Steinbeck tricked his kids into reading great books
from an interview with his son, Thom Steinbeck
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Dan Stone
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September 2023

On death in childhood
My kids, at 6 and 8, haven’t truly experienced death yet.
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Dan Stone
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Pico Iyer reflects on his father & the mystery of inheritance
Pico Iyer is certifiably the Nicest Man Alive. Any occasion in which I’ve been fortunate enough to be in his presence, no matter how brief, has inspired…
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Dan Stone

August 2023

July 2023

An hour in a hotel room with Anthony Hopkins
What was your first experience with art that changed your life?
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Dan Stone
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Profanity and shit
By many contemporary measures, I’m a bad parent. Let me illustrate with a playground moment from when my son was two...
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Dan Stone
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June 2023

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