The Atavist Magazine presents “Welcome to Dog World,” Blair Braverman’s account of life atop an Alaskan glacier, leading dog-sledding excursions for tourists and isolated from the rest of the world.
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The Story, and Sounds, of a Chapel Hill Church: Our College Pick
In her story about a tiny church for locals in a student neighborhood in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Megan Cassella merges the best of traditional journalism with the tools of today. Her narrative parallels a Sunday service, built on the familiar structural lessons of strong feature writing. She published the story on Creatavist, a publishing platform […]
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The Loneliest Whale in the World
Whales make calls for a number of reasons—to navigate, to find food, to communicate with each other—and for certain whales, like humpbacks and blues, songs also seem to play a role in sexual selection. Blue males sing louder than females, and the volume of their singing—at more than 180 decibels—makes them the loudest animals in […]