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Moving Pictures from the Permafrost
Michael Engelhard, Special To Utne Reader
Aging and Addicted to Opioids
By Kevin Spurgaitis, From The United Church Observer
Cross-Cultural Understanding Through Game Analysis
By Brian Upton
Album Preview: Kristin Andreassen - 'Gondolier'
By Special To Utne Reader
Spring Fever and Black Earth
By David Fideler, From Restoring The Soul Of The World
Spring 2017 Utne Reader Table of Contents
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Aging and Addicted to Opioids
By Kevin Spurgaitis, From The United Church Observer
Cross-Cultural Understanding Through Game Analysis
Games travel across cultures easily, unlike most other cultural phenomena; game analysis suggests that this is because we play according to similar rules.
Album Preview: Kristin Andreassen - 'Gondolier'
Utne Reader is proud to offer a preview of 'Gondolier,' the new album by singer-songwriter Kristin Andreassen.
Spring Fever and Black Earth
Accepting an invitation to feel the living spirit of nature.
Wabi-Sabi: The Art Of Imperfection
By Robyn Griggs Lawrence, From Natural Home
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....
How to Write a Sex Scene
The 12-step program. Originally published in the March-April 2005 issue of Utne Reader…
Surviving a Crocodile Attack
A near-death experience can reveal the truth about nature in an instant. But putting that insight into words can take years....
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Wabi-Sabi: The Art Of Imperfection
By Robyn Griggs Lawrence, From Natural Home
Growing Up Hippie
By Adriana Barton From Elm Street
How to Write a Sex Scene
By Steve Almond
Surviving a Crocodile Attack
By Val Plumwood, From The Book The Ultimate Journey
Arts
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
Ali Liebegott’s new book circles death like a buzzard.
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
Think watershed, act local.
Community
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
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?
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
Julia Eff talks about the daily struggles of life as someone without a gender.
Mind And Body
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
Reflections on a football dream cut short.
Football Helmets and Concussions
Take a look at the concussion epidemic plaguing football players.
The Will-to-Live-Until Phenomenon
Sometimes, the human body fends off death for reasons we don’t yet fully understand.
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