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Music

Essay: A Gunshot Victim Finds Respite at Phish’s Mondegreen

by Casey Ryan Vock August 28, 2024May 6, 2025

The author, a longtime Phish fan who survived a 2021 shooting, found restoration in the music and scene at the band’s latest festival.

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Essay: Lessons Learned From House-Sitting in Vermont

by Nancy Stearns Bercaw October 11, 2022May 12, 2025

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Age of Asparagus: Planting for the Future as a Link to the Past

by Jordan Barry May 31, 2022June 14, 2025

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Essay: In Appreciation of the ‘Outdoor Home’

by Leath Tonino June 15, 2021July 21, 2025

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Bracing for Impact: As Vaccinations Progress, Writers — and a Cartoonist — Reflect on Reentry Anxiety

by Seven Days Staff April 7, 2021March 14, 2025

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News

Facing Blowback, Sanders Calls 1972 Sexual Fantasy Piece ‘Stupid’

Paul HeintzMay 29, 2015April 15, 2025

Talking Empathy with Essayist Leslie Jamison

Margot HarrisonSeptember 17, 2014November 13, 2023

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A New Book Celebrates, and Attempts to Define, the Green Mountain ‘Difference’

Ethan de SeifeMay 5, 2014September 17, 2024

Gathering Blueberries

Jeff GoodDecember 18, 2013January 10, 2024

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A Writer Reflects on Keeping a Turtle

Carrie AskrenJune 26, 2013January 16, 2025

Momzilla and Me

Megan JamesFebruary 8, 2012May 27, 2025

Seven Lengths of Vermont

Leath ToninoJanuary 11, 2012November 13, 2023

Trading Places

Nancy Stearns BercawSeptember 21, 2011March 9, 2024