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Following this week’s news that the brilliant writer Annie Dillard has died at age 81, some Defector staffers wrote about what her work and example have meant to them. Much is made of Dillard’s genius...

At a lonely naval beacon in 1900, a ‘dreadful’ spectre terrified a young worker and sent him fleeing his post.

At a lonely naval beacon in 1900, a ‘dreadful’ spectre terrified a young worker and sent him fleeing his post.

How humans justify risk versus reward, and why we should never, ever feed bears Timbits.

After years of renovations, Alexandra Lodge was being returned to its former glory. A fire on its doorstep could turn it all to ash.