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The Myth of the Apolitical Bystander

Srijoni Nandi -
My father had a rule at the dinner table: you could say anything, as long as you could defend it. Not just why I...
Fiction

I Handed You That Match

Grace Whitmore -
  Columbia River New Year’s Eve, 2016 Ahead of the powerboat the river was a trembling plane pierced by starlight reflections, and behind it the river was...
Listicles

How to Survive the First 24 Hours After Watching ‘Obsession’ With Your Partner

Sneha Sebastian -
Disclaimer: Contains major spoilers for the film Obsession, directed by Curry Barker.  Between AI slop, El Nino and wars in every country, it’s been a...
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Climate Displacement and the Security Crisis in the Bay of Bengal

Daksha Gupta -
In Gabura, a river island in southwestern Bangladesh, the waiting room of the local health centre fills up before the doors even open. The...
Ends of the Earth

The Well of Love in Translated Literature: Yáng Shuāng-zǐ’s Taiwan Travelogue

Kovida Mehra -
Before I went to Taiwan this spring, I wanted to read the English translation of Taiwan Travelogue as an introduction to this island that...
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The Dealer

Kenneth M. Kapp -
Col. Grigori Aleksandro Aleksandrovich, Retd. claimed his own labeled vodka was radical-free, and one would never wake with a headache in the morning if...
Pages from a Diary

Breaking the Cycle

Elise Tyson -
  My health app starts to crack near day 47 of my menstrual cycle. Since going off hormonal contraception (for good this time!), I’ve started...
Fiction

Bhagwan Ji

Chirodip Naha -
All of them sat in a corner of Sashi Master’s living room as it rained heavily outside. In his modest house, the living room...
Pages from a Diary

The Door Handle

Jacqueline Abelson -
My father appeared in my doorway on the first Monday of the New Year to inform me that my grandfather had died. I responded...
Armchair Arbiters

The Architecture of Absence

Narjisse Moumna -
  “Interpretation is the revenge of the intellect upon art.”  —Susan Sontag, Against Interpretation.  “The way paranoia has of understanding anything is by imitating and embodying it....
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