Probes
Brian Fawcett’s “Sussex Variations, or Two Boars,” Ch. 2. People feel distress. So do pigs. Living and learning on an English farm.
From the Archives: How to keep thinking and acting during and after the Apocalypse. Daniel Gawthrop has some practical suggestions.
Brian Fawcett, age 18, from northern British Columbia, arrives at his uncle’s and aunt’s pig farm in Sussex, England, and comes-of-age as two 400-pound boars charge into battle.
Vian Andrews’ dispatches from the Umbrian countryside welcome the light and rage against its dying.
David Shields’ 2010 manifesto, “Reality Hunger,” about the state of contemporary writing. Time for a second look.
Canadian writer Vian Andrews and his wife moved from Vancouver to Umbria in Italy. Here are his “scribbles” from a new place in the world.
Stan Persky reflects on the ex-prez’s Jan. 6 coup attempt, and the danger that the “next coup” poses to democracy in a post-truth era.
Michael Boughn on quitting cigarettes, and quitting Facebook. Compare and contrast.
Max Fawcett searches for the prophet of atheism.
Margaret Randall is thinking about statues, racism, and history.