Essays
… changed everything, working their way in under the skin, becoming like kept secrets, affecting our least perception of … the most important ones, which is that feelings change, or die, and that as time goes on we become the reliquaries of … sense of the texture of the past which he will at various points invoke. But the real interest—and power—of the …
Reporting
… early morning rain. (Louie Palu / ZUMA Press) I have just completed my second and last OPSEC review of my photographs. … The orange jumpsuits are reserved for detainees who are non-compliant, and after touring Camp 5 (where they’re usually … detainees socializing and taking a life skills class—which points to the possible direction for many of the inmates …
… largely in terms of some new set of persons and proposals, we will have begged the question as to why those … of a vigorous and authentic patriotism. Without wishing to comment on this controversy, I would nonetheless suggest … in all periods seem to differ, and which recent commentators have largely ignored. The issue pertains to the …
Poetry
A Trace of Old Road Work There was a time this road was narrower, the blind curve sharper. In due course the state was moved by equal parts of fact and fear to smooth the curve with drill and dynamite. One drill bit sank too deep into the rock to be …
… to make amends with a god who was angry because of a crime committed by her ancestors, years before Selassie was born. … can be any age and is replaced by a family member when she dies. Fiashidis fight for a chance to fill their calabashes … dance for the priest during the festival of the drum. Mama, 26, sits at the Troxovi shrine during her initiation as a …
… And the worn body’s waning energies Ripen again as langour dies In the far-seeking eyes. Once more that song, that … luminous-clear and strong, Such music and such art As heals the mind, makes whole the broken heart! By Marya …