The Recluse

The Recluse

Jon Mooallem recalls his unexpected friendship with Hayden Carruth, a bearded recluse who lived in the sticks outside of Syracuse, New York. Carruth was a National Book Award−winning poet, although he didn't give a damn. He was rumored to have left his medal in a urinal at the award ceremony.

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Borne Back Ceaselessly Into the Past

Borne Back Ceaselessly Into the Past

Blake Hazard is a Los Angeles−based musician, via Vermont and Harvard, who fronts an indie-pop band named The Submarines, along with her solo career. She's also the great-granddaughter of F. Scott Fitzgerald—she writes about both the gifts and challenges of that family connection here for the first time.

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