Foodland celebrated a noteworthy milestone by hosting a grand opening ribbon cutting, underscoring the enduring importance of ceremonial rituals in the food industry. This event, as reported by Crossville Chronicle, highlights how social conventions and symbolic gestures can unite a community around a new venture.

Lucie Brock-Broido’s poem “Of the People for the People but by Me” contemplates the intangible remnants we leave behind. Drawing on vivid imagery like “milkweed silk” and “inky fetishes,” the work touches on questions about memory and legacy. Published in The New Yorker, it is a subtle meditation on the enduring marks of our existence.