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Winter 2025 Cover with photo by Lys Arango of 3 coal miners sitting on a bench during lunch

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The Pilot
… we were at the lodge bar being served by the bartender who also worked the front desk overnight, who was really, truly … women, so I was in the mood to drink. Sometimes I took comfort in the knowledge that the pilot was so egalitarian … in a past life, we were transcendent of time and of our bodies, that we could manipulate the world and the conditions …
Industry in Tlaquepaque
… wide branches hanging dustily over the pavement and the accompanying web of burro trails. It is the cooling, relaxing … Asia where imperialism has intervened, have accepted a hardier way of life: we must do better, let’s go, to hell with … came; and, following it, an opportunity for other men who also had desires to get rich at the expense of Mexico. But …
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Digging Out
… And the statistics show they’ll spend ten percent of that income on petty bribes to the Afghan government. The whole of … of growing an economy in a landlocked country. He points to prospective spurs to Pakistan and Iran, where … pulley system that once dragged coal cars out of the mine died decades ago, and now the miners lower themselves in …
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Tiger Ghost
… alone before. In the subway there is a store selling fine combs, brushes, hair clips made of jade and tortoise shell. … can provide a smooth journey in the fortune-seeking course. Also loving care and health. At a nearby temple, people pray … himself when he started drinking again after his mother died, though Bridget noted that the first time she saw him …
Companion
… Companion She’s not used to having him around in the … ran a plastic hose from his car’s exhaust to the window and died. The police told Forrest that people who attempt … her remark as an expression of sentimental piety. “Meals on wheels for Catholics,” that’s how he refers to her …
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Tropical Depression
… On a lucky day, this occurs just as the rains come in. The horizon goes from partly cloudy to gray and … having killed their children, saying it was far better to die than to live so miserably, serving such and so many … ,” an interview with the author by Carianne King. Cuba 26-47 By Lygia Navarro Photography by Jason Florio …
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