“Hold on, there’s something you should hear. It isn’t much, but it took all year,” — Jonathan Larson, RENT. March 2020. A mysterious illness flattens me. Never diagnosed. I don’t…
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We arrive just in time to catch the tail end of the Youth Talent Showcase, drawn through the maze of fried-food stalls and dim animal-smelling warehouses by a thin, brave…
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Lana del Rey’s new single “Looking for America,” brings me to tears on first listen. Like her, the America I once naively believed in was only a myth. Patriotism shattered…
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Dolly Parton warbles sentimental carols. Triggers Yuletide parental invitation. Grandma is in her grave. Holiday hosting? The torch must be passed. So it is. Christmas Eve, we dine en famille…
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A velvet patterned Thanksgiving dress drops over my bulletproof vest. Sports bra over black mesh restricts buckle bulges. The vest’s bulky belt further puffs flaring skirt. Meant to hold guns,…
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This week, the Boston Globe has rallied 200 newspapers nationwide to run editorials on freedom of the press in response to Trump’s indictment of the media as “the enemy…
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In a cherry harvest month of unabashed hedonism, I make and eat two cherry pies by myself. Dive in with a dessert fork. Not even bothering to cut them into…
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HELLO MUSSOLINI runs Mondays and Wednesdays as a part of The New Comics. Want to be considered for The New Comics? Send work to Comics Curator Keith McCleary via the Entropy submissions page. HELLO MUSSOLINI: Your Guide…
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HELLO MUSSOLINI runs Mondays and Wednesdays as a part of The New Comics. Want to be considered for The New Comics? Send work to Comics Curator Keith McCleary via the Entropy submissions page. HELLO MUSSOLINI: Little Old…
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HELLO MUSSOLINI runs Mondays and Wednesdays as a part of The New Comics. Want to be considered for The New Comics? Send work to Comics Curator Keith McCleary via the Entropy submissions page. HELLO MUSSOLINI: Hitler in the…
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HELLO MUSSOLINI runs Mondays and Wednesdays as a part of The New Comics. Want to be considered for The New Comics? Send work to Comics Curator Keith McCleary via the Entropy submissions page. HELLO MUSSOLINI: Trump Visits Hitler…
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HELLO MUSSOLINI is a new ongoing feature that runs Mondays and Wednesdays as a part of The New Comics. Read our 2017 interview with the creator here. Want to be considered…
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TIM RAYMOND teaches high school in South Korea. His fiction is forthcoming in Salt Hill, New South, and other places. He is the co-founder of the Problem House short story…
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Creative Nonfiction / EssayCultureFeaturedThe Stairs at the Bottom of the Mountain by Tasha LeClair
A Personal Account of Post-Election Loss I. The eclipse darkened the sky and drained the color from our skin. We were leaden statues standing in the pale grass. Every…
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