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Concord Grapes
What would it be like to belong
entirely in your own body, or in your own country, or at
your own address?
In the Event of an Apocalypse, Be Ready to Die
But do also remember galleries, gardens, herbariums. Repositories of
beauty now ruin to find exquisite—
Two Poems
But the barefoot kids of the Wagenburg know
the trees must all stand to make the light and shade
work the way it does, their palisades against regulation.
A Body of Shifting Resilience
In Cortney Lamar Charleston’s Telepathologies, witnessing black death becomes an everyday thing.
Coates and West in Jackson
America loves pitting Black intellectuals against each other, but today’s activists need both Coates and West.
Our Top Ten Essays on Politics in 2017
From Trump to global populism, political upheaval has dominated our lives this year. Here are our top ten political stories from 2017.
The Last Gay Liberationist
The death of Charley Shively marks the end of an era, but his revolutionary ideas for a just society resonate now more than ever.
Two Poems
Demise might not happen today what do I see
a large woman walking with two canes a striation
of exhaust fluid pooling in a left-over rain puddle
from a downpour this morning that I watched
Song of the Andoumboulou: 206½
She wanted to tell a story shrouded in
mist at the beginning, to give and to
withhold in giving it, the telling not the
tale
2017’s Most-Loved Stories on Gender and Sexuality
From #MeToo to Milo Yiannopoulos, this has been the year of gender trouble.
Half a Century of Anti-Tax Orthodoxy Is Wrong
Taxation is at the heart of any serious economic growth policy.
Two Poems
Nina Simone was born
in the 15th Century, her crib
was the bottom of a full boat
What Would Doctorow Do?
His novels might be read as a fictive analogue to Howard Zinn’s People’s History of the United States: a polyphonic chronicle of the betrayal of his country’s original promise.
Our Top Ten Reads on Inequality in 2017
From the GOP tax bill to the resurgence of neoliberal economics, there are plenty of reminders that we are living in one of the most unequal times in modern history.
Will Feminism’s Past Mistakes Haunt #MeToo?
#MeToo must go beyond the demand for punishment.
Sky Veins of Potosí
A tale of forbidden love in an age when corporations have replaced government.
Rule of Conflicting Desires
“You may know what a baby means
But I know a horse by his harness.”
Our Top Stories on Race in 2017
In 2017, racism and xenophobia have played major roles in U.S. politics. As the year draws to a close, we present our top stories about race, immigration, and the dangerous ideology of white nationalism, from myths about Appalachia to racial capitalism to regimes of deportation.
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