Some things are so big—War and Peace big—that we ourselves have to grow bigger

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Is the phrase “vicarious trauma” out-of-date? A relic from another era that tries

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Appeared in The Oregonian, February 25, 2014. If Cheryl Strayed’s Wild was

Appeared in The Sun: A Magazine of Ideas in January 2017. Many times I had seen my

Named a “Notable Essay” in the 2016 edition of The Best American Essays, edited

Appeared in The University of Chicago Magazine, August/September, 2016. More than

Appeared in Governing Magazine, June 1, 2015. Criminals scare me. They know more

Appeared in the “Beautiful Things” series in River Teeth, May 23, 2016. My