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Fiction
The Fatalists
Their duty, as they see it, is not only to serve and protect, but also to reveal the hidden vicissitudes of destiny.
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Fiction
Leaving the Tower of Babel
For me, the wilderness has always echoed with a terrible revenge in progress.
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Essays
Blogger Girl
I had lost so many hours to Wordpress, and what had I gained?
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Social Justice Blog
Dr. Kaepernick or: How Liberals Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Nike
An interpretation of the conversation between Colin Kaepernick and Nike, liberals and conservatives, capitalism and, uh, more capitalism…
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Fiction
After the Passing
“Maybe his spirit will occupy the empty space. Maybe the spirits of other departed relatives will be there with him. I might find a convention of souls.”
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Author Interviews
Interview: David Coogan (Writing Our Way Out: Memoirs from Jail)
“That’s why prisoners are able to write, despite the oppression, the depravation, the discrimination. They’re able to write because they can imagine community.”
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Fiction
Our Woven Lord
The story begins with the main character waking up, and you think, “Okay, this is the kind of story that begins with the main character waking up.”
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Author Interviews
Interview: Dr. Jacqueline O’Connor, Author of Law and Sexuality in Tennessee Williams’s America
How did Tennessee Williams’ legal knowledge influence his work?
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Essays
February: Raccoons and Salmon
Mary Oliver’s poetry works in implicit contrast with our daily underestimation of the world.
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Poetry
Three Poems by Molly Johnsen
“Limits,” “Having a Seizure in Front of My Father,” and “Alone Together.”
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- David Foster Wallace and the Velveteen Rabbit by James Warner
- Relations by Eula Biss
- Donna Tartt Interview by Robert Birnbaum
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- Animal Collective Interview by Ross Simonini
- Five Alternatives to Throwing Your Penis at the Police by Tyler Stoddard Smith
- ZZ Packer Interview by Robert Birnbaum
- Carrie Brownstein Interview by Staff
- Junot Diaz Interview by Matt Okie