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Getty; Gabriela Pesqueira / The Atlantic Seven Books Where the Setting Exposes the Characters
Unchanging environments are a useful narrative tool to show readers just how much a protagonist has grown.
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As the Climate Changes, So Does Fiction
Planetary warming is no longer the sole province of “climate fiction.” It’s creeping into all kinds of writing.
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Jim Urquhart / Reuters A Quiet Rise in Wildland-Firefighter Suicides
America’s firefighting community is grappling with a troubling trend amid brutal fire seasons.
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Elaine Thompson / AP Making a More Modern Diaphragm
How the new, very purple “Caya” is trying to make an old-fashioned birth-control option relevant again
