Wasson is unambiguous about the state of mind in which the young Capra disembarked in the New World.
—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2026
Scores of new fathers kissed their babies for the first time, couples cried and embraced and hundreds of parents let out a collective sigh of relief as the crew disembarked on the north end of the Coronado peninsula.
BookTok’s preferences may skew toward familiar beats and blunt-force sensation, but in Harpman the hive mind has alighted on something more capacious and slippery.
—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
3 Aug. 2026
According to the latest available rail passenger statistics, a grand total of 76 people have alighted or boarded at Shippea Hill in the previous 12 months.
Try not to squeal like a 5-year-old when the foot-tall sparkler speared into the sundae is lit.
—
Lisa Shames,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Oct. 2026
The first practical transformer was switched on about 15 miles down the road, in 1886, when William Stanley lit stores and offices lining Great Barrington’s Main Street.
—
Alex Pasternack,
Scientific American,
20 Oct. 2026
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