Archive for March 21st, 2007

Culture and Ideas Category—Silver Winner: Sara Kunda: A Homecoming in The Gambia

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

by Joshua Berman
The pre-dawn sky is as dark and sparkling as it was when we ducked into the mosquito net, only a few hours ago. The last of the goat hadn’t been eaten until after midnight, and the party broke up soon after that. Now Tay and I are barely awake, awash in candle and [...]

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Cruise Story—Silver Winner: Superior Sanctuary

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

by Michele Bergstrom
Fog. Like delicate tatting, it weaves silver filigree between white birches and gnarled cedar roots, coating with the tiniest of drops the spider webs and orange-and-pink woods orchids along its soft path. It makes no sound but all things are aware it has arrived.
Floating wild and unpredictable in Lake Superior mists [...]

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