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June 2019 Issue
June 2019 Cover
Abolish the priesthood, Trump’s bigotry, Viktor Orbán vs. CEU, Mireya’s third crossing, and was Shakespeare a woman? Plus Desus and Mero, the women who changed spycraft, real-time fact-checking, Aïda Muluneh’s vision for African photography, how the food revolution ruined eating, and more. View Magazine
  • Abolish the Priesthood
    James Carroll
  • Mireya’s Third Crossing
    Darcy Courteau
  • An Oral History of Trump’s Bigotry
    David A. Graham, Adrienne Green, Cullen Murphy, and Parker Richards
  • Viktor Orbán’s War on Intellect
    Franklin Foer
  • Was Shakespeare a Woman?
    Elizabeth Winkler
  • Fact-Checking the President in Real Time
    Jonathan Rauch
Culture

The Pawpaw

By Jane Hirshfield
Melinda Josie
June 2019 Issue

A woman speaks to me
of a pawpaw tree.

I have never seen a pawpaw tree.
I have never eaten its fruit.

I nod.
The conversation continues.

So many things
we think we understand,
until we stop to think.

Her life.

My own.

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