An essay that relies on William Golding’s premise regarding human selfishness, as evidenced in his dystopian novel, Lord of the Flies, as a departure point from which to consider humanity’s ...
On a Sunday, I sent an 800-word excerpt to my virtual writing group. The piece was about my partner, Erica – a love letter to her, really, about the ways ...
I hope this letter gets to you. I’m going to burn it in hopes that it does.
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Boris in the thick of it! Again.
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While the Pandemic roars through South America, Brazilian president Bolsonaro says he’s arming the population for a coup.
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But Ramadan is designed to make you think about those who can’t eat or drink. Not out of choice, but out of the inability to afford it. It doesn’t matter ...
“Do absolutely nothing” or “be bored” haven’t made the holy list of suitable responses to the stay-at-home orders.
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For the last two days prior to the start of spring break, my mom and I frantically worked to cancel our flights, hotels, and Airbnbs in Italy and throw together ...
10 of the best theatre and dance to stream now while in lockdown.
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Find out what online events to look join over the weekend.
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I keep thinking ahead to when this will be a memory. The worst spring. The spring when the blossoms and the birds were oblivious to our cries.
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She stood up. Her parents had already left the house for work. She touched her belly over her blouse and felt its bubbling.
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In some ways, it’s actually better than viewing the real painting behind its thick bullet-proof glass covering at a distance, usually behind a bustling throng of visitors.
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Adetokumboh M’Cormack & Raphael Corkhill talk about their lives, the journey to becoming storytellers, the role films need to play in changing the narrative of Africa and their ...
I must admit I wanted to turn my nose up at the knock-off candle, ignore it, move on, and sneer at the spuriousness of it
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The kitchen, like the rest of her house is filled with multifarious clutter, but as she neither cooks nor has dinner guests, it is particularly difficult to understand the large ...
Finding your own “reality” in memories of childhood trauma.
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Best known for her food writing, in Map of Another Town the American writer M.F.K. Fisher takes us on a virtual tour of the French town of Aix-en-Provence.
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There was an edge to it, a whiff of violence and unhinged possibility. In those days, the style of Leftist street protest was carnivalesque
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That’s what she’s doing now, on the train, for her boyfriend. You could come in on it if you want.
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