Three Things: The End of Swimming Season Edition

For all intents and purposes, our swimming season is over in the Midwest: Labor Day has come and gone, and the school year has begun. If you’re bound and determined, though, you may find a few warm days yet before autumn truly takes its hold. This week, let’s toast the few months of the year when we Minnesotans eschew our layers and bare our skin.

Anna Ådén, Untitled from Lily of the valley series. Photograph. www.imable.se

Barbara Cole, Girl with a Pearl Necklace, from Underworld, 2003. Photograph. www.barbaracole.com

Daniel Seung Lee, Barton Springs Pool, Austin, TX. Photograph. www.danielseunglee.com

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Psst: This week, Online Open Mic is back for the season! Submit your work-in-progress poetry and prose TODAY and TOMORROW, and get feedback from your fellow writers on Wednesday!