June 2025 Issue, Week 3

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For a long time, I disappeared inside a life that looked functional. A 27-year relationship. Three small

Photo: Panshir Valley, Afghanistan dotted with Soviet old tanks.

On a quiet morning in July 2012, a voice

The first part of my life, or at least the conscious portion of it, was spent seeking out labels that

Amanda Gorman is a poet whose voice has become synonymous with courage, empathy, and transformation.

I should’ve known it’d all go pear-shaped the moment The Great Bake-Off of Little Hogsbottom announced