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Douglas McCollam: ‘New Orleans needs you now’
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina's devastating landfall, TFP revisits a masterful piece by a dear friend and lifelong New Orleanian.
The Value of a Coach
With just two words, "I know," Coach Lenius allowed me to surrender; he eased my rage and allowed me to grieve.
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Scott Samuelson: What Vermeer’s Love Letters Say
A fellow traveler in an airport café reveals the secret of our fascination with the great Dutch master's paintings.
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Poem to the Mummified Remains of a Chinchorro Mother and Child
The people who produce the poet are not responsible to him: he is responsible to them. — James Baldwin
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A Magical Day at the Iowa State Fair
TFP revisits a "Midwestern rite of summer," and the grace and determination of a 13-year-old Iowan, her pony, T.J., and quarter horse, Rosey.
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Kokura
The city of Kokura was the primary target for the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki 80 years ago on Aug. 9 at 11:02 a.m. Kokura was passed over that…
Never Again
I've made a promise to myself: Say a silent prayer every Aug. 6 at precisely 8:15 a.m., and share the stories—each year, without fail—of the atomic-bomb…
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