We Who Are About to Die Salute You
Spending the day training with the Arkansas Defense Force, the state’s independent militia, who prepare to survive emergencies, from civil unrest to ice storms, gang war to enemy invasion, and are trying to maintain their public image. “Even if we don’t like you,” one member said, “we’ll protect you.”
You Know the Lorena Bobbitt Story. But Not All of It.
Before she was a punchline, she was a 24-year-old Ecuadorean immigrant who was subject to years of domestic violence, including rape, at her husband’s hands.
I’ve Been Committed To A Psych Ward Three Times — And It Never Helped
“As Bly’s anecdotes, and my own, indicate, a primary feature of the experience of staying in a psychiatric hospital is that you will not be believed about anything. A corollary to this feature: Things will be believed about you that are not at all true.”
Why Marlon James Decided to Write an African “Game of Thrones”
Jia Tolentino profiles Man Booker Prize-winning novelist Marlon James upon the publication of his newest book, “Black Leopard, Red Wolf.”
Rome: Where Migrants Face Eviction as Fascists Find a Home
Last November, Italy passed the “Salvini Decree,” a law that eliminated the right of migrants to seek “humanitarian protection.”
When Even The Greatest Of Writers Grapples With Self-Doubt
For anyone that does creative work, Gabrielle Bellot’s poetic piece at LithHub is a salve for the times when we’re plagued by artistic self-doubt. In relaying her own struggles and in deconstructing the work of W.B. Yeats and Derek Walcott, Bellot finds solace and inspiration in two other writers who also sought to shed the “thick coats of impostors.”
The Late-Night Burrito Joint That Saved Me From Suburbia
One Tucsonan’s love letter to the 24-hour restaurant that expanded his world.
Into the Dark
There were four options for getting the trapped Thai soccer players out of the flooded cave: the unrealistic one, the deadly one, the torturous one, and the mad one. Sometimes, madness works.
Dance Battle! Meet the Warring Milli Vanilli of Italo Disco
It was not a high point for music; even Italians try not to remember Italo Disco. Den Harrow was one of its biggest stars… but who is Den Harrow, exactly?
Without a Trace: Missing, In an Age of Mass Displacement
Masood Hotak left Afghanistan in December 2015, hoping to make it to Europe. On January 3, 2016, he posted on Facebook that he’d reached the Greek island of Samos. And then… nothing. His big brother Javed has traveled thousands of miles trying to find him.
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