William deBuys: Entering the Mega-Drought Era in America
California — As Both Climate Victim and Responder, the National Style-Setter Leads the Way Long ago, I lived in a cheap flat in San Francisco and worked as the lone straight … Continue reading
Doug Anderson: Tucson, 1970
I remember standing in a long line being processed into jail. Guy behind me is furious: they’ve handcuffed him to a transvestite who is smiling at his discomfort. They put … Continue reading
Patricia A. Nugent: Shifting Our Energy
“Hey, want to get arrested with me next weekend?” she casually asks over a latte. “No,” I answer without hesitation, surprising even myself with the alacrity of my decision. My … Continue reading
Tom Engelhardt: What It Means When You Kill People On the Other Side of the Planet and No One Notices
Where Did the Antiwar Movement Go? Let me tell you a story about a moment in my life I’m not likely to forget even if, with the passage of years, … Continue reading
Doug Anderson: Waltz Me Deeper
I seem to be arriving at a goal I had not aspired to. The distance between my writing and my being in the world is lessening. My speaking voice is … Continue reading
John Samuel Tieman: Ordinary War
You ever wonder why, on the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial in D. C., the names are not listed alphabetically? The tourist guide answer says something about listing them by date, thus … Continue reading
Vanessa German: The Insurance Salesman Visits the Road of Corpses
These kids are killing me wit alla their talk of death. yesterday a cue line at the arthouse n a trio of dead uncles shot n kilt. cousins fake cousins … Continue reading
Phoebe A. Cirio: Ideological Differences — The Bread and Circuses of the Current Era
My husband had surgery last week. As the dutiful wife, I accompanied him to the hospital with much reading material to occupy myself as I waited during his procedure. Hospital … Continue reading
Video: “Rare” by Ace Zed
Parisian writer Ace Zed composes his novel page after page through a series of paintings, photos, and videos: a strange but compelling montage. .
Doug Anderson: Terra Incognita (from a journal)
“Terra Incognita” is the phrase old mapmakers used to suggest the world outside the borders of the known world. They would mark these areas with dragons and other monsters. That … Continue reading
Chris Hedges: My Teacher
I drove to Hamilton, N.Y., last December to take part in the funeral service for the Rev. Coleman Brown. Coleman, who had taught at Colgate University, had the most profound … Continue reading
Jose Padua: The Beauty of Revolution Is in the Blood That Flows from Heart to Brain to Finger
When my toddler son sprinkles salt on the kitchen floor then attempts to lick it up I immediately understand the experiment and the risk he knows he’s taking and the … Continue reading
Clifford Thompson: Twin of Blackness
I have come to think of blackness as my twin. The proof is that we came along at the same time: 1963, the year of my birth, also brought the … Continue reading
Paul Christensen: Walmart, Walt Whitman and me
I admit it. I sometimes go down to Rutland, Vermont to the Walmart Superstore. My friends are all good liberals and the conscience of Middlebury ways, so I know reconsiderations … Continue reading
