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Lay It Down

People love John Samson Fellows’s music. He doesn’t want to make it anymore.

Out Around the Bay

When Wanda bought the house, she didn’t imagine that anyone in the community would recognize that she and Lynn were queer.

Trudeau, Islam, and the Perils of Saying the Quiet Part Loud

Canada's Conservatives are failing the same test with Muslims that U.S. Republicans already have with Latinos.

Monsters at the Door

Emily Carroll’s debut book, Through the Woods, is full of doomed characters who often feel deserving of the grisly punishment coming their way. The stories are personal, in other words.

How Do I Talk To My Perpetually Stoned Friend?

Plus: gender-specific household items, the unexpected perils of cohabitation, and ending up as the other man.

World War I: A Bad Time for Monarchs

What did the German, Austrian, Russian, and Ottoman thrones have in common by 1919? None of them existed functionally anymore.