Simone Gorrindo struggles to make peace with the violence that puts food on her table.
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(Who Gets to) Just Up and Move
Nicole Walker contemplates the nature of migration, and realizes there are two places you can never escape: the planet and your own head.
American Green
How did the plain green lawn become the central landscaping feature in America, and what is the ecological cost?
Funk Lessons in Sonic Solitude
“Joi’s recorded performances embodied all the funkiness my little soul had been waiting for.”
Publishing the Best of the Desert: An Interview With Ken Layne
“If you’re doing something small, something that’s mostly your labor and vision, then stick to what makes you satisfied.”
In the Age of the Psychonauts
Three psycho-spiritual “events” of the 1970s — involving Philip K. Dick, Robert Anton Wilson, and Terence and Dennis McKenna — had a strange synchronicity.
Little League, Revisited
Adam Kuhlmann was outmatched at the 1993 Little League World Series. His 11-year-old nephew helps him to learn from his errors.
A Clarifying Dose of Reality (TV)
In this personal essay, Valentina Valentini tries out for American Idol and it puts her permanently off fame-seeking.
Coachella, Alternativo
Durante el tiempo que pasó en el Valle de Coachella, California, el periodista Gabriel Thompson exploró cómo las comunidades latinas de la región se han adaptado a una vida de miedos e incertidumbre durante la administración de Trump.
Uncertain Ground
Grace Loh Prasad realizes that mourning is complicated when home and homeland aren’t the same place.
