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Literature
Vincent Larson offers this fun, exploratory literary criticism on Hemingway’s work, intended to help writers discover a type of literary notation that they might use in their own work.
Literature
“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.
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..
Nature & Environment
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..
Cinema
Lucy Mills writes about the representation of masculinity in Hollywood films and how it affects the representation of other genders.
Creative Non-Fiction
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
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
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
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
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
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
Elana Wolff visits Graal-Müritz, tracing Kafka’s time in this old town, where he found rest and love.
Nature & Environment
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
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
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: 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
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
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
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
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
Word from the Streets captures Richard Rose’s experience of Bangalore through his many visits.
Culture
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
Word from the Streets captures Richard Rose’s experience of Bangalore through his many visits.
Culture
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…