Field Dressing For non-hunters, the idea of a hunting trip is defined by violence; for hunters, it’s rarely involved. A chat with photographer Brian Lesteberg and a gallery of pictures from North Dakota.

Where I’m Coming From Southerners routinely get trashed up north, where they’re either derided as racists or hayseeds, or the offspring of siblings. Going home to Nashville for Thanksgiving, somewhat-southerner Clay Risen gets fed up with all the mouthin’ off.

Roman Palimpsest Italy is a giant archaeological dig, endlessly plundered, built upon, defiled and revered. It’s also covered with grafitti, with lots of misspellings. A report from our correspondent in Rome.

Birnbaum v. Lan Samantha Chang All parents want their children to do well; not all parents want their children to become writers. Author Lan Samantha Chang chats with our man in Boston Robert Birnbaum about her new novel that was 10 years in the writing, and her slide from upstanding daughter to rebel with a clause.