Cinema
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.
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Non-Fiction
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Creative Non-Fiction
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..
Creative Non-Fiction
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..
Creative Non-Fiction
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,..
Nature & Environment
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.
Literature
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..
Music
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,..
Culture
Franz at Müritz
Elana Wolff visits Graal-Müritz, tracing Kafka’s time in this old town, where he found rest and love.
Nature & Environment
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..
Creative Non-Fiction
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,..
Literature
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..
Book Reviews
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..
Creative Non-Fiction
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…
Creative Non-Fiction
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..
Creative Non-Fiction
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..
Culture
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..
Creative Non-Fiction
Streetwise but missing out
Word from the Streets captures Richard Rose’s experience of Bangalore through his many visits.
Culture
Nightlife in Venice
Venetian nightlife, I’m sorry to report, has become rather dull. Gambling, which used to take place in decadent brothels, is now confined to the Municipal..
Creative Non-Fiction
Death of an Ambassador
Word from the Streets captures Richard Rose’s experience of Bangalore through his many visits.
Culture
Saltfish, Rum & Jamericans
My mother and I stood in line for a coconut. My feet sank into the hot Caribbean sand as we waited with the other tourists…
Creative Non-Fiction
Can two Bangalores co-exist?
Word from the Streets captures Richard Rose’s experience of Bangalore through his many visits.
Creative Non-Fiction
Country Roads & Rickshaw Drivers
The buzzing in my ears seemed to come from a long way off. Feeling distinctly alarmed I stuck my forefingers deep into my ears, closed..
Creative Non-Fiction
Macbeth with added parrots
Word from the Streets captures Richard Rose’s experience of Bangalore through his many visits.
Creative Non-Fiction
Siblings
My brother and I park in the parking lot of Aldi, a German grocery store, and walk to the entrance. Lying on the right next..