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Heteropessimism of the Intellect Arielle Isack On Sophie Kemp’s biblical saga of romantic disappointment.
Perfecting the Art of Pedantry Bailey Trela Augusto Monterroso’s Rube Goldberg machine of self-critique.
Cuck-Coded Zarathustra Adrian Nathan West “Muscle Man” spurns anything that might have made it a novel with proper heft.
Heteropessimism of the Intellect Arielle Isack On Sophie Kemp’s biblical saga of romantic disappointment.
Perfecting the Art of Pedantry Bailey Trela Augusto Monterroso’s Rube Goldberg machine of self-critique.
Hope Sinks Samuel Huneke The state ramps up its campaign of repression against queer and trans people.
The C.U.P. Runneth Over Dave Infante Busch Light’s C.U.P.s are full to the brim with reactionary politics.
Cruel to Your School Jennifer C. Berkshire This isn’t the first time the Department of Education has been stripped for parts.
Hope Sinks Samuel Huneke The state ramps up its campaign of repression against queer and trans people.
The C.U.P. Runneth Over Dave Infante Busch Light’s C.U.P.s are full to the brim with reactionary politics.
Cruel to Your School Jennifer C. Berkshire This isn’t the first time the Department of Education has been stripped for parts.
Flat Earth Catalog Ann Manov Does Anika Jade Levy's novel exist outside the ecosystem of female identity it critiques?
Topping from the Bottom Michelle Chan Schmidt The gulf between the external gaze and self-perception.
Lactose Intolerance Lisa Borst “There used to be more time to make a getaway. Pretty soon there’s no place to run to anymore.”
Monsters and Melancholics Andrea Penman-Lomeli To keep loss alive is to keep the productive imagination alive.
Flat Earth Catalog Ann Manov Does Anika Jade Levy's novel exist outside the ecosystem of female identity it critiques?
Topping from the Bottom Michelle Chan Schmidt The gulf between the external gaze and self-perception.
Lactose Intolerance Lisa Borst “There used to be more time to make a getaway. Pretty soon there’s no place to run to anymore.”
Monsters and Melancholics Andrea Penman-Lomeli To keep loss alive is to keep the productive imagination alive.
Female Small Business Owner Grace Byron There’s joy in seeking out a certain pleasure and finding that it does indeed taste just like you imagined it would.
No, Maybe Jason Fulford I think of a grudge as a stubborn obstacle, a thorn, an ugly word. I’ve talked to photographers about this before, in a book I edited called Photo No-Nos: Meditations on What Not to Photograph.
Female Small Business Owner Grace Byron There’s joy in seeking out a certain pleasure and finding that it does indeed taste just like you imagined it would.
No, Maybe Jason Fulford I think of a grudge as a stubborn obstacle, a thorn, an ugly word. I’ve talked to photographers about this before, in a book I edited called Photo No-Nos: Meditations on What Not to Photograph.
The Fruits of Rank Samuel Huneke The unholy alliance between well-heeled gay men and the conservative movement.
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Christy Thornton Greg Grandin on the intertwined fates of the United States and Latin America.
The Fruits of Rank Samuel Huneke The unholy alliance between well-heeled gay men and the conservative movement.
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Christy Thornton Greg Grandin on the intertwined fates of the United States and Latin America.
Down by the River Wen Stephenson In Nepal, chaotic urbanization, inequality, and an accelerating climate catastrophe converge.
Down by the River Wen Stephenson In Nepal, chaotic urbanization, inequality, and an accelerating climate catastrophe converge.
DeepSeeking the Truth JS Tan DeepSeek offers a rare window into the complexity of innovation in China.
DeepSeeking the Truth JS Tan DeepSeek offers a rare window into the complexity of innovation in China.
Advantage: Landlords Bryce Covert In New York, many tenants face eviction hearings without a lawyer on their side.
Advantage: Landlords Bryce Covert In New York, many tenants face eviction hearings without a lawyer on their side.
Plucking, Primping, and Politicking Aaron Timms Eric Adams leads the Big Apple from the beautician’s chair.
Plucking, Primping, and Politicking Aaron Timms Eric Adams leads the Big Apple from the beautician’s chair.
What Do I Have in Common with Jews? Avi Ackermann Judaism brings inherited obligation, not hereditary talent.
The Annexation of the West Bank Is Complete Jasper Nathaniel October 7 demolished the last restraints on Israel’s annexation of the West Bank.
Schumer’s Warning David Klion Self-congratulation and willful ignorance in Chuck Schumer’s book on antisemitism.
What Do I Have in Common with Jews? Avi Ackermann Judaism brings inherited obligation, not hereditary talent.
The Annexation of the West Bank Is Complete Jasper Nathaniel October 7 demolished the last restraints on Israel’s annexation of the West Bank.
Schumer’s Warning David Klion Self-congratulation and willful ignorance in Chuck Schumer’s book on antisemitism.
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Fatigue Performance Noah Falck Music held the middle part of summer as she jump-roped the rain out of the sky. We watched from the car, windows all the way down, the clouds serious, maybe even a bit severe. The air may be a risk for some people, the radio repeated. The air ...
Auto Icon Sasha Burshteyn “My body I give to my dear friend Doctor Southwood Smith to be disposed of in a manner hereinafter mentioned . . .” —from the will of Jeremy Bentham, 30th of May, 1832 Sam, I am in a box watching the centuries pass. There’s a round object on the floor between my ...
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Fatigue Performance Noah Falck Music held the middle part of summer as she jump-roped the rain out of the sky. We watched from the car, windows all the way down, the clouds serious, maybe even a bit severe. The air may be a risk for some people, the radio repeated. The air ...
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War Stories Charles McFarlane Hollywood’s depictions of the global war on terror have been a mixed bag at best.
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Deadly Slop Sophia Goodfriend Militarized AI is billed as an expedient war machine—though its effect is often anything but.
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Where the Vile Things Are Jeffrey Arlo Brown The slow-motion pillaging of Ukraine's largest nature reserve.
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In which the morning after, a boy’s body had been dismembered Adedayo Agarau To God who made me, the clouds move toward us on that field. It has just rained & the street is flooded again. A boy whose face I do not remember has been dancing in the rain & has now caught a cold. We gather around him as good friends do & because he sneezes, we ...
Loose Exegesis Alina Stefanescu And how the pros sparkled! I thought I’d play this game best when playing my betters. Up close to the net, pivotless, I felt myself most alive when being slaughtered. Everyone saw the shame, how swiftly it came to its descendant. Dark heirs then cookies in a star tin. I ...
Dolphins Stephanie Burt Princes, unready to rule France or anywhere else. No, they are glossy, all-too-human marine mammals, unable to communicate with their captors, till the intrepid children set them free at the climax of the film. Some wish they were whales, able to find their ...
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Dolphins Stephanie Burt Princes, unready to rule France or anywhere else. No, they are glossy, all-too-human marine mammals, unable to communicate with their captors, till the intrepid children set them free at the climax of the film. Some wish they were whales, able to find their ...
The Fame Game Andrew Schenker There is no way to fully sanitize our sports stories for the protection of the fans.
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Small Fry Walker Rutter-Bowman Like treated beef, Claire Baglin’s novel is a lean, finely textured thing.
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Wrenching the Ranchers Christopher Ketcham Monkeywrenching livestock operations in the American West.
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Wrenching the Ranchers Christopher Ketcham Monkeywrenching livestock operations in the American West.
The Mismeasure of Bhutan André Naffis-Sahely Ethnic cleansing in “the happiest country in the world.”
Better Living Through Disaster Caitlin L. Chandler Can we learn to fend not just for ourselves, but for each other?
From The Streamers Daniel Baker Let me be clear: As a matter of principle, we offer Bundle deals and console cross-play As if words had ever been so beautiful Lapping at the transpersonal dream The procedurally generated magnolias Encourage pollination by means of Your mind’s interpretive function A rich ...
