Clare Magneson
Honest Like a Bear Attack
Things to say instead of "Please don't die."Issue 77
Clinton Crockett Peters
Our World, Ourselves
As wilderness disappears, what happens to nature writing?Issue 76
Anjoli Roy
Roxy and the Worm Box
“Are you ready to get your hands dirty?” she asked, pointing to my little gold rings.I pulled them off and stuck them in my pocket. I forced a smile, breathing through my mouth, and nodded yes.RoxySteven Church
Trip to the Zoo
In September 2012, twenty-five-year-old David Villalobos abruptly dived from a monorail ride into the Siberian tiger pit at the Bronx Zoo. In True Story #2, Steven Church retraces (some of) Villalobos’s steps in an attempt to understand the impulse that drives him—and others like him—to get close to a predator.True Story, Issue #02
Thérèse d’Auria Ryley
Even in a Concrete Jungle
A sociologist finds an unexpected essay in a city parkIssue 61
Chester F. Phillips
Charging Lions
From the corral, the calls sounded again and again—loud, deranged by worry, a desperate mother’s cries of distress.Issue 40 / True Stories, Well Told