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Lissy Taylor Is Her Own Boss By Jacob Nantz

August 1, 2024

Lissy Taylor is forging her own path in the music industry—and leaving a blueprint for others in her wake.

Non-Fiction

Baseball, Comedy, and How Doubt and Failure Keep Us Going By Jacob Nantz

March 13, 2024

The best job I ever had was selling concessions at a minor-league ballpark in Geneva, Illinois.

Non-Fiction

The Case for Relegation by Jacob Nantz

October 5, 2023

The seasons for both these teams were, objectively speaking, failures for many reasons, but losing the contest of who can win by losing might be the most difficult for each front office to swallow.

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