… small encouragements. Natalie’s mother and I have just welcomed little Taliesin into the world. He yowls from the … rings and Roger finally stands in our living room, an Eddie Bauer sock hat in hand, I find myself softening to him. … in the middle. “I hate the passage of time. I hate how it heals wounds. I hate how it races on. I hate how remote my …
Poetry
… to ask them, Who’s this stranger? Where’d he live? How’d he die? There are many causes of death, among them the ache … by Mohammad Shaheen and Amro Naddy Poetry death funerals Mahmoud Darwish 140-140 By Mahmoud Darwish …
… uncurled into dwarf leaves, and then the top of the tree died, its decay drawing a redheaded woodpecker to the feast, … dress belonged to their 19-year-old daughter Jill, who was coming out that winter. “We can hang feeders from … the chain’s tension and a book of instructions. He also bought a red two-gallon can for mixing the fuel. He …
Photography
… house where they were repeatedly assaulted by Japanese soldiers. Lola Lita and Lola Ceferina are part of the Malaya … who document survivors is how, almost by feel, she pinpoints a tenderness that doesn’t undermine resilience, but … Freedom burden community memory photography resilience 26-59 Lola Lita outside the remains of the Red House, which …
Poetry
Afterwinds, while inside the head of the cloud The Gold Codes are the launch codes the president must keep on his person to initiate a nuclear strike. Nicknamed “the biscuit,” there’s something domestic about it, as though nuclear attack were akin to …
… narrow environment but unafraid to question its stultifying complacency. Goytisolo (b. 1931) was five years old when the … parade the odd mixture of merchants, bohemians, intellectuals, dreamers, and soldiers that make up his extended family. The most poignant …