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Any Place I’d Wanted to Be
In the reverie, it’s a socked in playground / in Douglas, Alaska—near the miner’s / abandoned wood, a pit where went a Chevrolet / in the early 1970s. A… More
A Slim Anthology that Encompasses Worlds: PEN America Debut Short Stories 2017
Hours later and several stories in, it became a process of cheating myself: “The next story is only six pages.” “It’s only 2am.” “The next one will only take…” More
DARE: Conservatives, liberals unite against Silicon Valley
With Democrats talking tough about applying antitrust scrutiny to “Big Tech” and Republicans condemning internet firms for their snap judgments about who gets to say what online, tech is… More
DARE: Trump admin backs baker in discrimination case
Trump Administration Justice Department backs baker in Supreme Court case testing whether religious freedom can justify refusal to comply with state laws barring discrimination against LGBT individuals. More
Sounding the Alarm: International Experts and Trump’s Attacks on the Media
An overview of recent statements indicates that human rights watchdogs around the world believe press freedom is under attack as never before in the United States. More
from Ithaca Forever
When I ignore the cause of the most idiotic war in the world, then I, too, want its history to be carved in the lasting stone of memory for… More
from A Parade
the cat is the perfect serendipity of a moment, ashy undulation, heavy sluggish eyes, a couple of idle legs and illusory smell, all of it strangely seductive… More
from I Didn’t Talk
Dances, kisses, claps: The homage my daughter made to the dead. Maybe in a park I wouldn’t be able to tolerate our daughter’s mockery, but on hallowed ground… More
from In Your Name
No one in town has died yet on account of the war; it seems like the first names will be those of a mother and her two little girls. More
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