Two explosions went off near the finish line of the 117th Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. Overnight, Boston was the focal point of a rapidly unfolding international story. Of course, four days later, everything changed: two pressure-cooker bombs exploded in quick succession near the finish line on Boylston Street, killing three and injuring hundreds of others.
His piece, on the “beauty” of the marathon, is essentially about ordinary people doing extraordinary things. On April 11, 2013, the Thursday before the marathon - which is always run on Monday, Patriot’s Day - Cog published its first reflection on the storied race: an essay by longtime marathon-watcher and WBUR alum, Alex Ashlock. All winter long, you see packs of runners testing their legs and their lungs on the four rollers of Newton’s Heartbreak Hill. If you live in New England, you know that spring in Boston is punctuated by an annual tradition: the running of the Boston Marathon.
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This story is part of Cognoscenti 10, a series celebrating 10 years of WBUR's home for ideas and opinions. But how would we articulate our approach? Cog is run by a tiny staff, and often, we’re doing our best to keep up with the news, just like our readers are. It’s something we think about all the time, because, frankly, rage would be easier. We’ve always intended to do more than add to the cacophony that dominates so much opinion writing - rage-fueled clickbait that taps into people’s anger and fear. When Cognoscenti began publishing essays a decade ago, the world looked a whole lot different.īarack Obama was running for reelection, social media was on the radar (but not omnipresent), and we were thinking about things like celebrity chefs and “Mad Men.” Since Day 1, Cog has aspired to be part of a conversation, to offer a lens that invites connection.
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