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December, 2019

Re-Thinking Thoreau: Between the Lines of His Life and Work

“Re-Thinking Thoreau” is John Roman's attempt to correct the legacy of Thoreau and explores how Henry was able to surmount his “issues' during a time when medical attention and prescription drugs were not available.

November, 2019

The Nocilla Trilogy: The End of Literature?

Someone sometime said their paintings represent the end of painting; I think it was Ad Reinhardt. Years before, Piet Mondrian sought to be the world’s..

November, 2019

Bird Feeder Simulation

At our house in the woods, we often put out a bird feeder in winter once the bears hibernate. This year we were late about..

November, 2019

Fantastic Men and Where to Find Them

Lucy Mills writes about the representation of masculinity in Hollywood films and how it affects the representation of other genders.

November, 2019

So Much New York!

Marie-Laure and I frequently met in the Manhattan School of Music hallways as we staggered out of practice rooms at closing time. We were both..

November, 2019

How I Used Cooking to Rebel Against My Mother

There’s nothing as dark as a Swedish winter day long after the leaves have fallen but before snow brightens the ground. With the sun eclipsed..

November, 2019

The Home Front

In October 1941, my father found himself in Reykjavik, tried to get back to Charleston. Orders arrived: he was to sail on the USS Salinas,..

September, 2019

We are Milkweed for Monarchs

In January 2019, the annual monarch butterfly count in California showed an 86% population decline from the previous year. Bradley Waters researches and reports on what could be done.

September, 2019

Writing Terror Without Terrorizing the Reader

In writing, the emotions terror and dread are easy to evoke, yet difficult to evoke well. One of the common follies present in beginning writing..

September, 2019

Preservation Hall: At the Feet of My Voice

A long weekend in New Orleans immersed me in a world populated by exceptional music at every turn, except, perhaps in the hotel restaurant. Jazz,..

September, 2019

Franz at Müritz

Elana Wolff visits Graal-Müritz, tracing Kafka's time in this old town, where he found rest and love.

September, 2019

the aftermath

We begin to believe in the collapseof trees / sky folded like a hand,an hourglass wasting sand. Can we contain the catastrophe?The park is in..

September, 2019

Seen Anew

The restoration of sight is nothing short of miraculous. The most treasured of our senses, sight helped the first humans differentiate safe from unsafe food,..

August, 2019

Ethics & Environmental Stewardship in The Road

Cormac McCarthy’s The Road can best be described as an exploration of human complexity in the wake of life-threatening conflict. It follows the story of..

August, 2019

Side Effects of Living: A Book Review

Side effects of Living: An Anthology of Voices on Mental Health (Edited by Jhilmil Breckenridge and Namarita Kathait)Publisher: Speaking Tiger I grew up in a..

August, 2019

A Woman named Samantha

Coming up from the West Fourth Street subway, I texted that I was a block away from the Washington Square Diner. Don’t rush, I’m early...

August, 2019

What Might Have Been

I always thought population control was a necessary trait in every nation. By that I simply mean not having kids, not genocide. From a social..

August, 2019

Kyle

The kids have worked months for this weekend. They’ve stayed late after school, drawn complex plans, built up structures, and milled down wood. They’ve measured..

July, 2019

Living in a Cave

I was 12 when I first bled. I remember getting up to use the bathroom and seeing blood in my underwear. I ran to my..

July, 2019

Streetwise but missing out

Word from the Streets captures Richard Rose’s experience of Bangalore through his many visits.

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