Epic Endeavors
In the twentieth century alone, the Amphitryon myth has been adapted by a French novelist, two German playwrights, an opera composer, an anti-Nazi filmmaker, and Cole Porter. Have we… More
The PEN Ten with Shya Scanlon
Unfortunately, too little progress has been made, globally, since Solzhenitsyn smuggled his Nobel acceptance speech out of the Soviet Union as negatives in a tape deck in 1970. Even… More
The Forest Unseen
Indeed, the truth of the forest may be more clearly and vividly revealed by the contemplation of a small area than it could be by donning ten-league boots, covering… More
The Day We Pack Our Bags
One day, I received a letter saying that yoga was a false form of spirituality and that all activity associated with yoga must be stopped... More
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
It was the moment of the intimate and the familial, before the great pursuit of the small market niche got under way. More
Dawn, Third Shift
so much carnage, joy en bloc / you were struck by scalding water // light without warmth // comfort without pleasure / heaven poured gasoline over // what does… More
The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau
His home is a shabby little studio, where one pot of stew must last the whole week. But every morning he wakes up and smiles at his pictures. More
The PEN Ten with Saïd Sayrafiezadeh
After I eat breakfast I clear off the table and wheel in my ergonomic chair which I have to keep in the bedroom for space reasons. The light is… More
The Intake Office
So much time is wasted when they won’t do the simplest things they’re asked. The newly dead, Bea thought, are just pathetic. More
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