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Reality Hunger: A Manifesto / b / mimesis

By David Shields | 2023 March 24

A tour through the history of writing. From David Shields’ 2010 manifesto, “Reality Hunger.” Time for a second look.

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The Sussex Variations, or Two Boars (Ch. 4): Concentration, and Testicles

By Brian Fawcett | 2023 March 19

Brian Fawcett learns about the gory details of life on the farm. Ch. 4 of “The Sussex Variations.”

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From the Archives: 20 Years Ago, in 2003, the U.S. invaded Iraq. Here’s what Dooney’s said about the imperial “punitive expedition.”

By Stan Persky | 2023 March 18

From the Archives: Twenty years ago, the U.S. invaded Iraq. Here’s what Dooney’s said two decades ago about the American imperial “punitive expedition,” as it rolled across Iraq.

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The Sussex Variations, or Two Boars (Ch. 3): Females and Males

By Brian Fawcett | 2023 March 13

Brian Fawcett learns about males and females, both human and porcine, on a pig farm in Sussex, England in the early 1960s.

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Scribbles from Italy: The Thing About Sex; Standards of Measurement; Simplifications; No Oil…

By Vian Andrews | 2023 March 12

Vian Andrews hiking and thinking in the Umbrian countryside, amid olive groves in the rain and “sentieri” paths between mountain hamlets.

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The Show Goes On: Nik Sheehan reviews the 2023 Best Picture Oscar Nominees

By Nik Sheehan | 2023 March 11

Filmmaker and critic Nik Sheehan takes a last-minute tour of the Oscars before the show goes on.

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Women I Read: International Women’s Day

By Stan Persky | 2023 March 8

An International Women’s Day game: who would be on your list? One way to mark IWD: thinking about the women writers we read.

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The Sussex Variations, or Two Boars (Ch. 2): Stress, Distress, and the Sussex Downs

By Brian Fawcett | 2023 March 5

Brian Fawcett’s “Sussex Variations, or Two Boars,” Ch. 2. People feel distress. So do pigs. Living and learning on an English farm.

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After the Asshole Apocalypse

By Daniel Gawthrop | 2023 March 1

From the Archives: How to keep thinking and acting during and after the Apocalypse. Daniel Gawthrop has some practical suggestions.

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The Sussex Variations, or Two Boars (Ch. 1): Luck, Generosity and the Rules

By Brian Fawcett | 2023 February 27

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.

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