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Three Poems
In Good HealthThe stripe across my neck makes afraid of my body. I sip Tylenol,check the pulse in my temple the color of my tongue. You are unmoved by the litany of afflicting ailments. I name the long, many-lettered killers…
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What Is Freedom:Vincent Valdez
Freedom is learning to recognize and understand the real difference between illusion and the reality of being free.
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Leaving Paradise
I moved to New York for an ideaanimated by imagery:red and yellow leaves, snow, and lots of walking.Blue mittens and bloated coatsresembling pastry. And then six months later:bare shoulders, grass roaring with bugs.On my last Sunday in California, I stood…
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What Is Freedom?
This year, 2026, is the 250th anniversary of American independence. This 4th of July will be a bombastic celebration of an independence that came at an unbearably high cost for the original stewards of this land. We cannot surrender to…
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Untying the Silence: A Conversation with Davin Malasarn
“The characters in this book often serve as stand-ins for my family members. I forgave Kamron, and that helped me forgive my father. Or maybe it was the other way around–maybe in the writing process I forgave my father and…
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Under Surveillance: Benjamin H. Snyder’s Spy Plane
Righteous Black rage spilled over the borders into the downtown Inner Harbor. The cover of TIME magazine showed a mob of cops in riot gear chasing a young Black person down the street in front of Oriole Park. It was…
