An American Alphabet*
*Or more aptly titled, A White American Alphabet--26 Letters Towards A Language of Repair.
A is for the Allen residence.
The Allen residence is where Wendell...
David Sedaris is Sick of Himself
David Sedaris and I were riding down Commonwealth Avenue in the backseat of his media escort’s Chevy Impala. I was trying to take notes without getting carsick, and he was pointing out local businesses, wondering aloud if their owners were important enough to rate a Wikipedia entry.
Answering Alternative Facts with Fiction
There is a sense, this week, with Trump’s shifting stories on his payout to Stormy Daniels, of a crescendo in the administration's run of...
Perspective: Trump’s Acts May Face America with an Unwelcome Dilemma
President Trump has a well-known habit of accusing others of what he himself is guilty of. For example, he calls Hollywood “racist” and accuses the national...
Love in a Cup
“I’ll have a chai,” I say.
“You mean a chai tea latte?” my barista asks.
There is a long, uncomfortable pause that she doesn’t seem to...
You Had Me at Beheading! The Author of “Against Football” Responds...
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Copyright @ 2015 by Steve Almond. First published in The Rumpus, December 1, 2015. Reprinted...
The Case for Wikipedia
Last weekend as Harvard prepared to take on Yale for Ivy League football bragging rights, a “Yale cites Wikipedia” poster flashed on College GameDay....
Going Back to Denmark: Landscape and Memory
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Denmark has a sense of smallness, of boundedness. That was my initial impression as an American returning to a childhood home after forty...
Born Here, Freed Here
"I was born a slave on a plantation in Franklin County, Virginia . . . My life had its beginning in the midst of...
The Novel I Will Never Write: A Screed by Gabe Cohen
The protagonist of the novel I will never write is kind of like me. Except more articulate. And cleverer. And a bit more handsome....
Pandemic Story Problems
1. Mariah gets a temporary job that pays her $1 on Day One. On the second day, her pay is doubled to 2 dollars....
Lucky Jews
Few Jews now live in Poland, but their existence as hand-carved miniatures rolls on. Erica Lehrer explores the cultural dimensions of these figurines.