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Physics, Fractals and A Zumba Playlist
I’d grown up internalizing the big-city maxim that strangers didn’t interact for no reason, unless mental illness was involved. You kept your eyes down and your pace brisk; life was a serious business. But that day, I glimpsed an alternate…
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The Sleepwalker
1. Semiquincentennial I woke to find the big tree down,the maple I had hung from as a childon whose branches I’d assumedmy daughter’s daughters would swing free.There was no storm. I had not hearda crack, and yet I woke to…
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The Spectacle
“The ubiquity of the bystander video in contemporary protest culture has brought videos of police executions into the mainstream. Despite the fact that it’s possible to use generative AI to create videos of basically anything now, these witness videos remain…
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My Mother’s Mother’s God
My mother proceeded from this father. The sermon droned. She opened a hymnal and climbed inside, came out singing new songs I never heard her mother sing. Holy mysteries
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Girl on Girl (Week Two): Can a Woman Belong to Herself While Still Loving Men Deeply?
For the first time in my life, I’m not evaluating whether someone would make a good husband or life partner. I’m asking a different question: What pulls me toward another human being?
