Christine Mehta

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The Boston Globe · Ideas

The quieter pieces

Rigor and beauty

The Wild Issue

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A special edition of Globe Ideas, October 2025, taken from pitch to print in about three months, with custom art and a photo essay. I found and developed a cast of known and emerging writers.

  1. Daegan Miller on the art of mowing a lawn with a scytheOctober 2025
  2. Mardi Fuller on being a Black woman in the wildernessOctober 2025
  3. Marissa Ortega-Welch on how smartphones are changing backcountry hikingOctober 2025
  4. Photo essay: wild weather on New England's highest summitOctober 2025