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    Our summer recommended reading list

    We hope you’ll enjoy these featured selections from 2020 chosen by our readers and staff. If you missed the pieces in the magazine or want to read them again, just click the links below. Our thanks to everyone who took the time to let us know about the stories, poems, or essays they loved.

    August 20, 2020
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    More selections on race

    We’ve gathered additional selections about race from <em>The Sun</em>’s archive. They are all freely available for anyone to read and share.

    July 17, 2020
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    Selections on systemic racism

    We’ve gathered selections from The Sun’s archive that examine white supremacy, systemic racism, mass incarceration, police brutality, and other related issues. They are all freely available for anyone to read and share. We will highlight more from our archive in the coming days.

    June 5, 2020
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    National Short Story Month: Staff Selections

    For National Short Story Month, we hope you’ll enjoy these fiction selections from The Sun’s archive. We’ve lifted our paywall during this period of isolation, so please feel free to share them with others.

    May 14, 2020
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    Songs from Erin McReynolds’s Essay “Train Songs”

    Erin McReynolds’s essay “Train Songs” appears in our February 2020 issue, and we thought readers might appreciate hearing the songs she mentions in the piece.

    February 18, 2020
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    Listen to Aimee Nezhukumatathil Read Brian Doyle’s “Joyas Voladoras”

    From our 2019 tribute to Brian Doyle in Portland, Oregon.

    January 22, 2020
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    National Poetry Month:
    Contributor Selections

    For National Poetry Month, we invited Sun contributors to share poems from the magazine.

    April 15, 2019
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    National Poetry Month:
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    For National Poetry Month, we invited Sun staff to share poems from the magazine.

    April 1, 2019
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    The “Empathy Tent” Photo

    Gina Easley shared this story about her photo on the March issue’s Contents page.

    March 15, 2019
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