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How My Father's Strike Nearly Broke Our Town in Two

How My Father's Strike Nearly Broke Our Town in Two

Kerri Arsenault on an Early Lesson in Labor and Loyalty

By Kerri Arsenault | May 10, 2018

How My Father Introduced Me to Precision Engineering

How My Father Introduced Me to Precision Engineering

On the Art of Turning Shapeless Hard Metal Into Objects of Beauty and Utility

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The Librarians Who Moonlight as Artists: A Roundtable Discussion

The Librarians Who Moonlight as Artists: A Roundtable Discussion

Six Information Professionals on Balancing Art and Archives

By Natalie Baur | May 9, 2018

How a Christmas Present Gave Harper Lee the Time to Write <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em>

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On the Origins of an American Classic

By Joseph Crespino | May 8, 2018

A Letter to My Daughter About the Black Magic of Banking

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In Terms of Animal Welfare, Hunting is More Humane Than Farming

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