This Week in Essays
A weekly roundup of essays we’re reading online!
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...more“Ultimately art is about making sense of our brief lives on earth.”
...moreLiterary events taking place virtually this week!
...moreKatya Cengel shares a reading list to celebrate her new memoir, FROM CHERNOBYL WITH LOVE.
...moreFirst, Brandon Hicks takes an irreverent look at economic ironies in “Competitive Marketplace.” Then, setting is paramount in the Saturday Rumpus Review of Antonio Ruizpalacio’s film, Gueros. The director’s vision of Mexico City, writes Alex Norcia, symbolizes “Güeros’s struggling and disaffected youths, an external rendering of what’s most internal.” Its characters fight to create meaning for their lives in a […]
...moreJennifer Steil reflects on the death and life of her ex and comes to an unexpected understanding of addiction and the limits of responsibility.
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