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Pictorial works

Surf, Saint Helena Island, South Carolina

by Samuel James,

Neons

by Rachel Schmidhofer,

Narcissists

by Ian Davis,

“Popeye” Perry, 105 Ridge Road, Lackawanna, New York, October 26, 1977

by Stephen Shore,

Ravalli County, Montana

by Celia Talbot Tobin,

In the summer of 2016, the Roaring Lion fire destroyed 8,500 acres across western Montana. Fighting the blaze, which required nine helicopters and 735 firefighters and other personnel, cost $11…

Argyle, Texas

by Spike Johnson,

In June 2013, Governor Rick Perry signed into law the Protection of Texas Children Act, which authorized K–12 schools to designate employees who could carry weapons — and use them,…

Tenants Harbor, Maine

by Steve Mumford,

Berkeley Springs, West Virginia

by Lisa Elmaleh,

The Kesecker family has been farming in Morgan County for seventy years. In the spring of 2016, a company called Mountaineer Gas offered them a small sum of money if…

Ojai Valley, California

by Chad Ress,

Beginning in 2011, a historic drought struck California. It was officially declared over this April, largely because of rainfall in the northern half of the state. Parts of the south,…

New Books

by Christine Smallwood,

Before he invented telegraphic code, Samuel Morse was a portrait painter. In the winter of 1825, he left his family in Connecticut and traveled to Washington, D.C., for a sitting…

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by Tavis Coburn,