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Postcards From the Edge of Cannibalism

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Postcards From the Edge of Cannibalism
President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at Martin Luther King Recreation Center in Philadelphia on April 18, 2024. Drew Hallowell/Getty Images
Salena Zito
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SCRANTON, Pa.—Several years ago, Smithsonian magazine ran an elegant story about the use of postcards in American culture as a way to both communicate to loved ones far away and illustrate what the traveler wants you to see about where they have been.

Salena Zito
Salena Zito
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Salena Zito has held a long, successful career as a national political reporter. Since 1992, she has interviewed every U.S. president and vice president, as well as top leaders in Washington, including secretaries of state, speakers of the House and U.S. Central Command generals. Her passion, though, is interviewing thousands of people across the country. She reaches the Everyman and Everywoman through the lost art of shoe-leather journalism, having traveled along the back roads of 49 states.