Buttermilks

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Alex Johnson first tried The Swarm at age 21 in 2011. In March of 2021, 10 years later, she came back, ready. We first published this essay on April 3, the day she turned 32, having given herself a birthday present. 

Ten years later, Alex Johnson Sends The Swarm

The story behind one of Bishop’s most prized (and misspelled) problems

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