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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.

Exploding Whales, Harbingers of Doom

This spring, three blue whale carcasses washed up on the Newfoundland shore, spurring a panic about whale explosions. These fears, while unfounded, were indicative of something much worse—and marked a new, ominous chapter in the whale’s evolving symbolic import.

When the Love Story Was Relevant

Rivka Galchen’s American Innovations tells of moral people stuck in an amoral world. What did America look like before? For answers, you might consult Charles Portis’s Norwood.

The Scene Report #20: Close Quartered

Wendy and Dee admire the L.A. skyline and flirt with death, slightly.