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  1. John Hersey’s Hiroshima (1946)

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    ABSTRACT: REPORTER AT LARGE. Entire issue devoted to the telling of the effects of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Follows the fate of six survivors and describes...

  2. The power of a cookie

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    tinabeans: Once upon a time, I was interested in a domain name. Of course, it was already taken. And by Jonathan Harris, no less (one of my all-time design heroes and an...

  3. If you could go to outer space, would you?

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    If you could go to outer space, would you?

  4. Train ride home

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    train ride home

  5. Train ride home

    Personal Essays

    train ride home

  6. Back in the mid 90s, I lived in Jackson Heights, Queens, for three years, and I took the...

    Personal Essays

    Back in the mid 90s, I lived in Jackson Heights, Queens, for three years, and I took the #7 train into midtown Manhattan almost every day. The #7 ran all the time and the...