Issue 23 / May 28, 2015

  1. Editors’ Note

    Issue 23: When the heart stops, poetry by Luci Shaw, the glory of an orchestra, and Harriet Tubman.

  2. Even Arteries Need a Sabbath

    How the heart sustains itself over the 2.5 billion beats of a lifetime. / Lindsay Stokes

  3. The Precise Magic of the Symphony

    The modern orchestra produces order out of chaos, and something beautiful for the heart. / Andie Roeder Moody

  4. Black Moses

    The mystical faith and no-nonsense tactics of the Underground Railroad’s most famous leader. / Matt Donnelly

  5. What Secret Purple Wisdom

    ‘un-terrestrial pulse, deep as heaven, that folds you’ / Luci Shaw

  6. Wonder on the Web

    Issue 23: Links to amazing stuff