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There is a famous quote included in nearly every history of the English Civil Wars. It’s from the excellently named and austere-countenanced…

Jun 28

¿Cómo combatir a un movimiento que irresistiblemente se difunde como una historia?

Jun 22

How do we fight a movement that spreads as irresistibly as a story?

Jun 21

Dear sword-wielders and sandwich lovers! I’m taking two weeks off to work on the book I’m supposed to be writing, whose deadline has been inching nearer…

Jun 7

The final installment in an ongoing narrative, told week by week

Jun 5

Sometimes a sandwich can wrench you away from the world’s agonies

Jun 3

Women like Christa Brown offer an example in a time of despair

May 31

The latest installment in an ongoing narrative, told week by week

May 29

Sea and salt and memory and loss, all in a single bite

May 28

Notable Sandwiches #27: Caviar Listen now (10 min) | Sea and salt and memory and loss, all in a single bite

May 27

A Country That Devours Its Children (Audio)Listen now | reading today's post aloud

May 26

21 dead in Texas, and no hope in sight

May 25

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