Brian Kevin
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Vestigial feed. Former EIC @magazineofmaine, deputy editor @wildsamguides. Book THE FOOTLOOSE AMERICAN. Bylines @OutsideMagazine @nytimes @AudubonSociety & more
Hope, Maine
Joined April 2008
RT @nytimes: Karen Wynn Fonstad was a novice cartographer who painstakingly plumbed J.R.R. Tolkien’s books and notes to draw atlases of Mid….
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She was a novice cartographer who landed a dream assignment: to create an atlas of the setting of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.”
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RT @nytimesarts: Karen Wynn Fonstad was a novice cartographer who painstakingly plumbed J.R.R. Tolkien’s books and notes to draw atlases of….
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She was a novice cartographer who landed a dream assignment: to create an atlas of the setting of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.”
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Big fun reporting this one for @Thrillist. From the idyllic Wisconsin vacation town that gave birth to Dungeons & Dragons — but is only just now kinda laying claim to it.
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"I don't see anything dark, and I don't see anything nerdy."
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RT @TheBirdist: I was honored to talk about my friend @RosemaryMosco for this National Audubon story! She’s the greatest. .
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The beloved cartoonist and writer teases humor (and wonder! and poignancy!) out of the avian world (and beyond!).
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The replies to this will break your brain.
BREAKING:. Maine's House just voted to pass the National Popular Vote compact, which would give all of Maine's electors to the winner of the national popular vote. The bill will now move to the Senate.
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Pretty cool getting to make one of my first @wildsamguides assignments out of the gate last year to the great @GustavoArellano, here introducing a whole cast of voices reflecting on today's Route 66.
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Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica is iconic. Officially, it's off the maps, but the promise of freedom and discovery that made it iconic hasn't faded.
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More and more, when I use the word "catholic" in the small-c sense, I realize people have no idea what I'm talking about. This just kinda fallen out of the vocab?
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Counterpoint, courtesy of the Joynt in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where I learned to love doing dishes.
I like being an adult but tbh my one gripe is the Dishes. oh, the dishes. I am always doing dishes. when this world ends and our sun is nothing but a shriveled, dead star, when the mountains crumble to dust and the oceans dry, there I will stand. doing the dishes.
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One of my fave stories of my time at @MagazineofMaine in this week’s @sundaylongread. Pleasant surprise! Thanks @esmedeprez!
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The best longform journalism. Every Sunday.
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Flew to Austin to see my fantasy football rival @mikehoinski on a night when the Bills are deciding our contest, and he had the class to rep 207 on his lid. True competitor.
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Tavern-style pizza is unequivocally the best pizza and not just because you can eat so much more of it in a sitting than you probably should.
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Among his many revelations: a game-changing technique for yielding that crisp crust at home.
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RT @jasminevdon: If your milk hotel is neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the milk hotel of the oppressor.
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RT @courtbembridge: BBC team reporting from Gaza find dozens of neighbours & friends among the injured & dead in Al-Shifa Hospital. Excepti….
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RT @DeadsoundApp: If you always dreamed of hearing Larry David say "David Grisman Quartet," your dream has now come true. .
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I’m usually pretty knee-jerk booo gatekeeping, hurray democratization of the outdoors, but I’m not sure where I come down on this one! Great story tho.
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Manhattan Bird Alert, a New York-based social media account, has fueled the rise of celebrity birds while attracting droves of new birders. But like many a story of unchecked fame, the phenomenon...
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