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The WD Interview: Author George Saunders Talks Structure, Outlining and Lincoln in the Bardo
Superlatives. George Saunders is used to those. A 2013 profile in The New York Times Magazine called him “the writer of our time.” The late David Foster Wallace once dubbed him “the…
May 8, 2018
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Nameless Resting Place Gets DAR Recognition
One of the best aspects of being regent of my chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is exploring our colonial connections to Georgetown, a neighborhood many of our…
March 21, 2018
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A Physics Walking Tour of Washington, DC
Stop 10: Oak Hill Cemetery in Georgetown From the main headquarters of the Carnegie Institution on the corner of 16th Street NW and P Street, we go two blocks north…
December 4, 2017
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Eerie, beautiful, forgotten: A tour of DC’s historic cemeteries
Walk around downtown D.C. and throw a stone and you’re likely to hit a historic landmark. But outside the National Mall’s well-traveled paths and its famous monuments and museums, you’ll…
October 27, 2017