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… shall go to my pine pole mountain shack. Before the autumn comes and summer goes, Before leaves fall—I must be going … and our roots are dry— Oh, wash our dusty teeth before we die!” The muddy rain-clouds rose in the northwest And muddy … sound, Lonely as water running under ground. Autumn will come upon us like a thief And lonesome winds will blow and …

… people on the route, turning to them as to a massive human compass. And they obliged. They pointed us along bumpy roads … Ambassador. Surprisingly, our Scotch-taped ruse worked. Soldiers in khaki fatigues stopped us, but they didn’t ask for … histories harder to unravel. Still, clean-shaven and briefcase-in-hand, he had traveled all the way from Delhi to be …

… the end of August, Juárez eclipsed Caracas, Venezuela, to become the murder capital of the world. To address this … these stories portray a city in a tailspin, but they also hint at the role of the United States in this crisis. … it off. “I don’t know what that says about the online audience,” Obama joked. The crowd laughed along, but it was an …

… on its wheels and struts, it seems positively stalwart compared to its companion, collapsed on its belly—a gesture of abjection, it feels, but also prayerful? Inside the trailer shells I glimpse blankets … asks for money for a traveling memorial to his father, who died in April. They had just reconnected after Joey got …

… Best 200 Words I Read All Week. From fact to fiction, from comedic to tragic, we hope you find as much to admire in … these selections as we do.    Click  here for access to the complete project archive    1.  In the dark, they climbed … they don’t mean that it’s disappeared completely; individuals of a functionally extinct species may still exist, but …