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The Airshaft By Lisa Selin Davis, From Alaska Quarterly Review -
![A Hidden Literary Treasure in Oklahoma]()
A Hidden Literary Treasure in Oklahoma
The Neustadt Prize for Literature combines prestigious honors with educational opportunities. -
![Yours, Not Sitting on a Pumpkin]()
Yours, Not Sitting on a Pumpkin
What can you offer the man who has it all? Trump finds out when he tries to buy Thoreau’s cabin at Walden Pond. -
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Song Premiere: Chadwick Stokes - Mother Maple
Utne Reader is proud to premiere the song "Mother Maple" by singer-songwriter Chadwick Stokes.
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![The Stigma of Fast Food Work]()
The Stigma of Fast Food Work By Joey Franklin -
![Right Place, Wrong Face]()
Right Place, Wrong Face
At home in my lobby, I fit the racial profile—and went directly to jail. -
![The Most Human Art]()
The Most Human Art
Top ten reasons why we'll always need a good story. Originally published in the September-October 1997 issue of Utne Reader... -
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Community in 17 sensible steps
Community in 17 sensible steps Web Specials Archives Wendell Berry Utne Reader Online How can a sustainable local community (which is to say asustainable local economy) function? I am going to suggest a set ofrules that I think such a community would have to follow. I hastento say that I do not understand
Arts
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![The Slow Death of Creativity in Sound]()
The Slow Death of Creativity in Sound
Without evolving creativity and changes, new music will become a lost art. -
![The Summer of Dead Birds: A Memoir of Love and Loss]()
The Summer of Dead Birds: A Memoir of Love and Loss
Ali Liebegott’s new book circles death like a buzzard. -
![Old Hollywood’s Forgotten Filmmaker]()
Old Hollywood’s Forgotten Filmmaker
Take a closer look at James Stuart Blackton, a revolutionary filmmaker in old Hollywood who has received little credit. -
![The Nile Project: Bringing the River Basin Together and to the World]()
The Nile Project: Bringing the River Basin Together and to the World
Think watershed, act local.
Community
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![How to Turn Neighborhoods Into Hubs of Resilience]()
How to Turn Neighborhoods Into Hubs of Resilience
Three places showing how to make the transition from domination and resource extraction to regeneration and interdependence. -
![An Economy of False Profits]()
An Economy of False Profits
Our national allegiance to the monetary bottom line threatens to negate other measures of personal and communal wealth. What’s being sacrificed to the cult of money? -
![Can Blockchain be Used to Achieve Racial Equity?]()
Can Blockchain be Used to Achieve Racial Equity?
Achieve racial equity through checks and balances a blockchain network provides by connecting everyone as nodes while still providing anonymity. -
![Stop Trying to Understand Neutrois]()
Stop Trying to Understand Neutrois
Julia Eff talks about the daily struggles of life as someone without a gender.
Mind And Body
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![Growing Up Hippie]()
Growing Up Hippie
Maybe it was the earnest meditation practices or the homemade cardboard lunch box that caused me to rebel. As the adult daughter of flower children, I crave structure, tidiness, and lots of sugar.... -
![Into the Rafters]()
Into the Rafters
Reflections on a football dream cut short. -
![Football Helmets and Concussions]()
Football Helmets and Concussions
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![The Will-to-Live-Until Phenomenon]()
The Will-to-Live-Until Phenomenon
Sometimes, the human body fends off death for reasons we don’t yet fully understand.
