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  • The Third Degree
    May 1929 Issue
  • A Scientist Turns Poet
    Julian S. HuxleyApril 1931 Issue
  • Dry as Dust
    June 1937 Issue
  • Oceans of Lotion
    May 1937 Issue
  • Astronomy
    Priscilla Hovey WrightApril 1946 Issue
  • Notes: Foul Play

    Trivial Pursuit is a popular game, but too often it rewards the wrong answer

    Cullen MurphySeptember 1984 Issue
  • Canada
    April 1987 Issue
  • Canada and Mexico
    April 1980 Issue
  • A Novel Doesn’t Have to Be About an Individual

    James McBride’s radical approach to fiction

    Gal BeckermanAugust 11, 2023
    A photograph of James McBride
  • The Most Fun Way to Learn a Language

    Pick up some slang.

    Valerie TrappJanuary 2, 2024
    Illustration of a matchbox reading "It's lit" / "la pámpara"
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