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The Road that Leads Back Home
A writer arrives at the definition of home through her journeys around Nigeria. Continue Reading The Road that Leads Back Home
Crossings
Long ago, in the days of banana seats and handlebar fringe, I rode all over town. Continue Reading Crossings
Patchwork Family
I used to try to recreate the particulars of that day in my mind. Here’s what I’ve been told: my mother in the hospital, alone. My grandparents waiting in the ...
Selma 50: Those That Came Before
In the distance, if you listen closely, you can hear the quiet footsteps of Those That Came Before. Descended from warriors, they silently crossed the threshold of the Door of ...
The Herrera-Harfuch Art Collection
On the synaesthesia of aroma and art in the Herrera-Harfuch collection. Continue Reading The Herrera-Harfuch Art Collection
The Knitted Tank
Knitting a woolen pullover for a tank…yes, it was a political statement, an anti-war statement. It made the tank look ridiculous. Continue Reading The Knitted Tank
The Last Travel Diary of a Pregnant Nomad
A committed wanderer is forced to contemplate the notion of “home.” Continue Reading The Last Travel Diary of a Pregnant Nomad
No One Can Hear You Text
Cee Jaye looks at the rise of text messaging, and how it might replace verbal communication in future generations. Continue Reading No One Can Hear You Text
Lying to be Heard
Cee Jaye examines the misrememberings of NBC anchor Brian Williams, and asks – why do we lie? Continue Reading Lying to be Heard
Much Bothered With Buffalo
Unearthing the pioneer women of the emigrant trails. Continue Reading Much Bothered With Buffalo
The Night I Got Lost on the Way Home From China
Down and out in an airport in Amsterdam. Continue Reading The Night I Got Lost on the Way Home From China
Potty Mouth
I had been sneaking strawberry fruit roll-ups, unwrapping them quickly and rolling the red sheets up into mounds that I would hold in my cheek, jamming the wrappers into the ...
Tunisia’s Search for Identity
After the mass street demonstrations in Tunisia which brought about a change in government and inspired the Arab Spring, Alison Kieler revisits a country unsure about its identity and future. ...
Two Plastic Bags and a Wristband
Life on the cancer ward ebbs and flows in the way it does in any other tributary. A flutter of motion here, an abstract thought there. The need to eat ...
Three Minutes of Fame in New York
Reality TV shows and flipping burgers in New York. Continue Reading Three Minutes of Fame in New York
You Are What You Eat: Sacred Animals and Forbidden Foods
“Eating a cow or a pig or an onion does not make one an immoral person. Dictating another’s life makes one an immoral person.” Supriya Ambwani on the social effect ...
The Town Pool
Down on his luck and struggling to make ends meet, Carlos Cunha finds a temporary respite behind the chain-link fence of the municipal pool. Continue Reading The Town ...
My Personal Cult – Magic Society
“Fresh blood”, they said that first evening. There was a guillotine in the corner of the room and I wondered what on earth they meant. Continue Reading My ...
The Pulse of Exploitation
“I found it hard to speak to the bubbly PAs and managers with their polyester suits, their watchful eyes and fake enthusiasm for everything hotel-related. The Polish cleaners knew the ...
The Summer of the Moon Landing
20th July, 1969 – Neil Armstrong is taking one small step for man, and on the American river, California, Cheryl Diane Kidder is being forced to wear a swimsuit with ...