Seeing and Believing
Finding faith at Ark Encounter
Nothing can prepare you for your first glimpse of the Ark.
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Consider the Dinosaur
Toward a philosophy of the asteroid
From beyond the grave, the dinosaurs tell us we need a philosophy of the asteroid.
Writing a poem / Writing a poem in a pharmacy / Writing a poem in a pharmacy in north carolina
Love as a Verb
An anarchist reads bell hooks
Far from being a capitulation to liberal sentimentalism, a politics rooted in love may in fact be a revolutionary weapon as powerful as any bomb or barricade.
Our Neighbor From Hell
"May December" asks hard questions about what a community does with its monsters
Our critic watches a new indie drama about the long shadow cast by an act of child abuse.
The whirlwind is sown.
But the sowers are dead.
And it is ours to reap.
From Issue 3
Genesis
A short story
“But you’re still alive ain’t ya?” A story of North Carolina.
In the Domain of the Unknown
From death mask to CPR manikin, L'Inconnue de la Seine is a mythic symbol of our attempts to grapple with death - or reverse it.
A drowned Victorian teen, her medical manikin doppelganger, and their enduring entanglement with the question: “Can death be undone?”
A Specter Hangs Over the Hamptons Couch
Inside the Outsider Art fair
On perusing the obscene spectacle of the Outsider Art Fair, a communist declares: abolish the art market!
