9.26.21 — The Voyages Issue

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Searching for Plato With My 7-Year-Old
In Athens with his daughter, Thomas Chatterton Williams could finally pay homage in person to the classical education his own father gave him.
By Thomas Chatterton Williams and Vera Lutter
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We Went to Vegas to Wring Joy From Heartbreak
Mitchell S. Jackson and his oldest friends reunited to mourn the ones they lost — and honor the time they have left.
By Mitchell S. Jackson
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I Had a Chance to Travel Anywhere. Why Did I Pick Spokane?
After 18 months of pandemic parenting isolation, the writer Jon Mooallem knew just where the cure might lie: a minor-league baseball game in eastern Washington.
By Jon Mooallem and Meron Menghistab
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My Accidental Visit to the Pandemic’s Party Capital
Kyiv was supposed to be a quick layover for the writer Rosa Lyster. But its underground nightlife turned out to be just what she needed.
By Rosa Lyster and Gueorgui Pinkhassov/Magnum, for The New York Times
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A Photographer Looks for Her Childhood in the Alps
The Swiss-Guinean artist Namsa Leuba spent years exploring her mixed-race background in Africa. Now she had a chance to return to where she grew up.
Photo Essay by Namsa Leuba
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Scenes From an Artist’s Long-Delayed Family Reunion in Japan
Since her daughter was born, the photographer Rinko Kawauchi tried to visit her parents every two months. This summer, she finally made the trip again.
Photo Essay by Rinko Kawauchi
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