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Four surprising things about Norwegians
 • Kerry Tremain
1
Our better nature
 • Kerry Tremain
10
The sublime and the putrid
 • Kerry Tremain
3
The ties that bind
The Cambodian donut ladies and me. Plus a tribute to a murdered singer by a Khmer hip-hopper.
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Kerry Tremain
6
Off script
A zany antidote for alienated teens and Latin letters for the Turks. Plus some new photographs and a tariff-ic satire.
 • 
Kerry Tremain
 and 
Barbara Ramsey
5
How far would you go?
Self-mutilation in defense of liberty, the inspirations of saints, and a Big Pink revival.
 • 
Kerry Tremain
 and 
Barbara Ramsey
6
Jesse James and me
My alma mater was born in sectional strife. Plus: Ray Charles lives on and a lesson in Lancashire lingo.
 • 
Kerry Tremain
 and 
Barbara Ramsey
10
Can't find my way home
Dissecting past lives and cadavers. Plus: Three design pioneers, for good or evil.
 • 
Kerry Tremain
 and 
Barbara Ramsey
5
Jolted
In a crisis, solace can take unexpected forms. Plus: The Sun King commissions a font and a band asks what's going on.
 • 
Kerry Tremain
 and 
Barbara Ramsey
6
Boy flower or girl flower?
What is a freesia? Plus Grandfather's gaffe, and a beaver obsession.
 • 
Kerry Tremain
 and 
Barbara Ramsey
14
Wild Things
Wild Things
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