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Loss, language, counting the nameless, and the art of Felix Gonzalez-Torres
Ann Lauterbach
November 16, 2020
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The Wondrous Banality of Democracy
Counting the votes in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
John Fabian Witt
November 13, 2020
Pandemic Files
Surviving COVID-19
Waking up after six days on a ventilator in Stockholm
Slavenka Drakulić
November 9, 2020
Pandemic Files
Seven Theses on the Open-Closed Theaters
The pandemic has shuttered the theaters, but the need for live, communal experience has never been more vital
Feisal G. Mohamed
October 21, 2020
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My Silent Childhood
I didn’t know my name until I went to kindergarten. Then I became a writer.
Maureen Sun
September 1, 2020
Essays
Soup Can; or, On Hospitality
Anything can become a weapon in America, especially against those who dare to cross the color line
Wendy S. Walters
September 1, 2020
Pandemic Files
We Miss Each Other, But Do We Even Know Each Other?
After a long-ago theater closure, a female playwright complicated what it means to be intimate with another body
Katherine Mannheimer
July 23, 2020
Pandemic Files
The First Nerve
Losing the sense of smell might seem trivial, but a person’s identity can go with it
Amrapali Maitra
July 21, 2020