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  1. Issue · Sep 22, 2026

    50: summer goes slowly until it goes fast (opens the original)

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    Like every summer, August arrived; I blinked, and it was the last week of September. To close the season out, Jenna and I spent the first week of September driving a little over 600 miles up and down Maine’s coast, from the state’s southern border all the way north and east to Lubec, where it borders Canada. It’s hard to believe there are even that many miles to drive up there until you look closely at a map and study the endless stretch of roads that wind through the peninsulas beginning north

  2. Issue · Sep 4, 2026

    49: when you find yourself in the wrong room (opens the original)

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    At the beginning of this summer, I was submitting anywhere between five and 10 job applications a day for weeks on end. I would start at 6 am and very often not call it a day until 12 hours later. Many of the jobs I was applying for were at companies where I had a previous work connection or referral. I got a few interviews that mostly led nowhere or wasted my time for a month. Dozens of rejections. A countless number of places that ghosted me entirely. This has just become the norm, and I know

  3. Issue · Aug 7, 2026

    48: a week at sal's in provincetown (opens the original)

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    This past week, I had the opportunity to stay at Sal’s in Provincetown while doing some work for them during their first summer offering these accommodations under the Sleep at Sal’s name. Sleep at Sal’s is a private collection of six waterfront cabins by the team behind Sal’s Place, located on the best part of Commercial Street in the West End. Three of the rental units are located directly above the restaurant, which is a part of Union Wharf, the first and oldest

  4. Issue · Jul 21, 2026

    47: on the road with in the whale (opens the original)

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    The first thing I wanted to do with a camera was go on tour with a band. I was probably about 15, and I was heavily influenced by Autumn de Wilde’s work and photo book with Death Cab For Cutie, as well as Aya Sato’s documentation of The Fall of Troy’s earliest years. I found Aya’s work the way any other 15-year-old in 2006 would—on MySpace through the band, and it’s been really incredible to follow and see her grow as an artist (she also now photographs weddings and is an amazing por

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