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Michelle Paver on Skin Taker, swimming with whales and being chased by a bear: ‘I was utterly terrified’
The i 3 hrs ago Benjamin Russell
When Michelle Paver, the author behind the bestselling children’s series
Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, was in northern Norway on her last research trip before the pandemic, she saw a meteorite shoot across the Northern Lights.
“I took it as a good omen,” she says, because
Skin Taker, the latest instalment in her
Stone Age adventures of Torak, his wolf companion and his partner Renn, starts with a meteorite crashing into a forest. “But maybe it was a bad omen in terms of the pandemic.”
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About Lambert Strether
Readers, I have had a correspondent characterize my views as realistic cynical. Let me briefly explain them. I believe in universal programs that provide concrete material benefits, especially to the working class. Medicare for All is the prime example, but tuition-free college and a Post Office Bank also fall under this heading. So do a Jobs Guarantee and a Debt Jubilee. Clearly, neither liberal Democrats nor conservative Republicans can deliver on such programs, because the two are different flavors of neoliberalism (“Because markets”). I don’t much care about the “ism” that delivers the benefits, although whichever one does have to put common humanity first, as opposed to markets. Could be a second FDR saving capitalism, democratic socialism leashing and collaring it, or communism razing it. I don’t much care, as long as the benefits are delivered.
Join our producers as they showcase original works by local poets and give us tips on how to write our own. We have something for everyone, including the kids. Don’t miss out!
Let s Write About is an inclusive children s show exploring social-emotional learning through poetry, creative writing, and song. On this episode host Donnie Welch teaches young viewers how to overcome writer s block and borrows a poetry book from his friend Dragon. This light hearted and colorful program will be sure to brighten your day.
Poetry Thin Air is a long running program on MNN that highlights NYC’s neo-beat poets also known as beatniks. Host Mitch Corber has been highlighting these NYC based poets on MNN since the early 90’s. On this episode we are introduced to Donald Lev. Donald has contributed poetry to The Village Voice throughout the years with his earliest poems appearing in print in 1958. Come celebrate one of NYC’s original beatniks. Only on MNN!
These are the worst trips in the world
Here are 13 thrilling real-life stories of journeys gone wrong.
ByNational Geographic Staff
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Seeking adventure or escape wasn’t without peril even before the coronavirus pandemic stilled travel. Some trips don’t go as planned in dramatic ways. Food poisoning pauses your sushi-tasting tour of Tokyo. A trip on the trail in Yellowstone results in a broken arm. A pickpocket complicates your museum visits in Paris.
But other times real disaster strikes especially for adventure travelers and expeditioners. From the summit of Everest to the jungles of the Amazon, from harsh elements to deadly insects, the world can be a perilous place.