Waiting to Exhale
Off the Kona Coast of Hawaii, a diving enthusiast learns to plunge 100 feet on a single gulp of air.
Off the Kona Coast of Hawaii, a diving enthusiast learns to plunge 100 feet on a single gulp of air.
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The video-game developer Jonathan Blow is his industry’s harshest critic. In trying to prove the artistic capacity of his medium, Blow may cement his legacy—or end his career.
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A poem hailing the demise of slavery’s “cruel reign”
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The classic 1960 poem pays tribute to the glory of the Civil War era.
The magazine’s first editor gives poetic voice to the nation’s grief.
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