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Nicolas In Reverse
Someone once told him that that was what salt did: made things taste more like themselves. That was the world right now: more itself than it had been ever before.
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“This is What I Survived:” A Conversation with Reyna Grande
I think part of the work of going to the border to do that project was not only to bear witness to what was going on there, but also to revisit a place that I myself crossed as a child.…
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Three Poems
I am learning that one major function of a child’s life is forward movement. How lucky, to get to ride the coattails of unhindered propulsion.
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What Is Freedom: Shirley Manson
Freedom. What a concept. “Free to be.” Free of pain and most importantly, other people’s intolerance, their hatred and their violence. As Nina Simone once so famously said: “Freedom is living without fear.” I cannot better such a description. That’s…
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Her Bitterness: A Woman’s Choice
For years, she only talked about how lucky we were to pull through as a family. It was luck for my father and me, I think, to be the survivors of 0.01 percent. But what was it for her, when…
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Writing Nostalgia, Absurdity, and Displacement: A Conversation with Hasan Dudar
“Painting also just brings me a lot of joy. I find a lot of joy in applying colors to the canvas. You need that when you’re writing a book. The two art forms feed off each other. My writing, and…
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What Is Freedom: Shepard Fairey
For me, it’s important to approach America’s 250th anniversary as a patriot, not a nationalist. As a patriot, I want to be proud of my country and use my voice and actions in every way possible to shape the nation…
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Consider the Rooster
Aren’t we complicit if we eat the chicken stew? I can’t help but ask myself this. I want the answer to be no, but the collection points to maybe, even towards yes. We are also complicit as we dig in…
