This week, we’re sharing stories from Gabriel Thompson, Tim Murphy, Deborah Netburn, Tove Danovich, and Sirin Kale.
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Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
I Had a Friend. He Dreamed of Israel.
After 35 years, a visit to a grave, and to a different country.
Posted inCurrent Events, Feature, Profiles & Interviews, Science & Nature, Story
Notes for a Post-apocalyptic Novel
When things get hard, we look to our most fundamental relationships. This is the story of a son, a father, a camper van, a pandemic, and the ties that bind.
Posted inNonfiction
Secret Museums
Struggling with the world’s, and his own, homophobia, one queer young man searches for intimacy in the world of internet porn.
Posted inHighlight, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes
A Moral Center In a Decayed Ethical Universe
“The best thing I did was simply respect him.”
Posted inNonfiction
The Promised Land
A trans activist from El Salvador who has helped countless trans migrant women fight for asylum in the U.S. finds asylum for herself.
Posted inArts & Culture, Crime, Highlight, Quotes
It’s All In the Wrist (and the Blatant Lying)
In these troubling economic times, you can’t amass a giant art collection without robbing a few hundred museums any more.
Posted inNonfiction
Records on Bone
One young Ukrainian-American struggles to piece together a clear portrait of her parents’ difficult Soviet past, once they quit erasing, and began embracing, their legacy.
Posted inHighlight, Quotes
Positivity Is Relative, Depending on Which Side of the Fighting You’re On
“I was not a fallen creature in a broken world reliant on grace, but a Marine in a successful army that had all the answers.”
