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Essays

The Wondrous Banality of Democracy

Counting the votes in one Pennsylvania county during the 2020 presidential election
John Fabian Witt
November 13, 2020
Photograph of white house
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
A stack of old issues of The Yale Review. Courtesy Pentagram
Poetry

Ernest Lawrence

John Canaday
April 1, 2019
An old photo of baseball players
Essays

Loss

When yearning is a pleasure
Sarah Manguso
January 1, 2020
black and white photo of picture frames and scattered sculptural items
Portfolio

A Forger’s Art

The photographer who saved the lives of 14,000 Jews
Adolfo Kaminsky
September 1, 2020
A muddy scene at Bellingshausen, a Russian Antarctic base on King George Island. Loranchet / Creative Commons.
Poetry

Nostos

Aria Aber
January 1, 2020
Abstract decay on a concrete wall. Tanakawho / Creative Commons
Poetry

Only Portions of the Map Still Legibly Survive

Carl Phillips
September 1, 2020
A photograph of a train station in Russia at night.
Journals

A Journey Across Siberia

Penetrating the Soviet Union in 1967
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
July 1, 2015
Photograph of the moon. Benson Chan / Public Domain
Poetry

Rat Among the Pines

Roger Reeves
September 1, 2020
Blue stamps from WWII ration book
Essays

Note on the Home Front

I shall never forget that first winter of gasoline rationing
Eve Riehle
September 1, 1945