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imgFeting the Dead

by Laura Read
San Francisco Chronicle Magazine
In the black of night on Nov. 1, the cemeteries of Michoacán hum with life. Women in woven shawls bow their heads over lumpy graves; men in cowboy hats flash gold-toothed grins in the dark; children dart through shadows, giggling between bites of sweets. Read More...


Will You Survive

by Laura Read
San Francisco Chronicle Magazine
On Dec. 20, 1996, Bay Area teenager Harley Augustino and his dad, James, a 48-year-old developer and political activist, lost their way on cross-country skis in a brutal Sierra snowstorm. When darkness fell, they carved out a snow cave and huddled in it. Read More...


imgTwo Tales of Spillville, Iowa

by Laura Read
National Geographic Traveler
When 19th century Bohemian immigrants settled in Iowa’s lush Turkey River Valley, they couldn’t have imagined one village would nurture two very different creative passions. The town was called “Spielville,” then, after its German founder, Joseph Spielman. Read More...


imgDrama in Nagaland

by Laura Read
San Francisco Chronicle Magazine
The air smelled faintly metallic and echoed with thuds. In the courtyard, five Angami men crouched around bloody mounds of raw meat, each wielding a fin-like blade with a wooden handle. At first, I resisted watching the slaughter, but then remembered that observing this kind of ritual. Read More...


imgSaving the Family Farm

by Laura Read
San Francisco Chronicle Magazine
The nectarine's skin wrinkled into folds, releasing the sweet-tangy flesh underneath. Before the juice could dribble, I sucked it into the pockets of my cheeks and savored its goodness. I ate another. Read More...

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