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https://harpers.org/archive/2026/01/if-a-tree-falls-rosa-lyster-sycamore-gap/
If a Tree Falls, by Rosa Lyster
The trial of the Sycamore Gap killers
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https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/05/14/this-bitter-earth-salt-lakes-tracey/?printpage=true
This Bitter Earth | Rosa Lyster | The New York Review of Books
The world’s salt lakes are the canary in the coal mine for the climate crisis, and they are shrinking at a drastic rate.
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https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2021/12/02/gwendoline-riley-family-liturgies/
Family Liturgies | Rosa Lyster | The New York Review of Books
There was “nothing for him” in England. “There were no ‘Homes for Heroes.’ Oh no. No ‘Homes for Heroes.’” My grandmother said this indignantly. And if my
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https://harpers.org/2026/01/general-interest-natural-justice-rosa-lyster-interview/
Natural Justice, by Rosa Lyster, Will Stephenson
Rosa Lyster on tree-related literature, trial reportage, and forensic botany
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https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2022/07/21/whose-homeland-the-promise-damon-galgut/
Whose Homeland? | Rosa Lyster | The New York Review of Books
In Damon Galgut’s 2010 novel In a Strange Room, a group of backpackers are walking along the shore of Lake Malawi. They’re the kinds of tourists who refer
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