Writing is an act of resistance
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Mamichu
By Robert Walton “Mamichu, it’s cold!” I looked at Ivar. I looked at his knobby lump of a head, at his lips lying beneath his broken nose like twin dead slugs, at his eyes glistening beneath his granite ledge of a brow, eyes so small I never knew their color. There was no pleasure…
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At the Funeral of 50 Barefoot Men
By Amirah Al Wassif once upon a time there was an ancient place called “Amon” village that very far spot where everybody talks about the river legend that very far spot where everybody knows how to distinguish the smell of fresh bread there, at the Amon village where all the folks live in their…
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People Keep Bothering Me with Details
By Pedro Hoffmeister It’s beginning to snow in Tucson and it’s 65 degrees in Seattle, Washington in February But our president says… He’s tweeting about… And we should listen to him because he’s the best president we’ve had this entire year. That’s a fact. He’s our man. Our leader. Another fact: Lori Loughlin, Felicity…
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Man with a Knife
By Beth Levine Imagine that this letter S floats off the page becomes a strong rope that wraps your hands together behind your back, like officers do before putting someone in the back of a police car. Imagine that this letter S floats off the page and becomes a second strong rope one end…
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Writers Resist: Because the Pen Is Mightier
Track the nation’s mass shootings at the Gun Violence Archive—and what a horrible shame that the site exists.
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The Gun-Seller
By DS Levy A young man travels out of state where it’s possible to buy a gun, no questions asked. He buys an AK-47. The transaction is easier than getting the driver’s license that allows him to navigate across the desert highway. If you want his story, read his manifesto on Instagram. This story…
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Questions for My Shooter
By Abby E. Murray Which of my relatives will point out how I was raised humanely, in a house with a yard where I could pick blueberries I grew myself or sit on a blanket in the grass when it was warm? And who will tell them that’s good because it was, the humane…
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American Ouroboros
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Fine People
By Paul Colton Based on Martin Niemöller’s confession-turned-poem, “First they came …” First a fine man killed six Sikhs in a Wisconsin temple but Republicans did not act because they’re not Sikhs Then a fine man murdered black worshippers in Charleston but Republicans did not act because they’re not black Then a fine man…