“Love, Actually” - Eva Illouz on why modern courtship hinges on social validation.
From our new issue.
Literary legend Jonathan Galassi on his new book of poetry, about a personal evolution, and those he’s published; MFAs and prizes; and the ongoing river of language.
From our new issue.
An excerpt from Gail Collins’ new book As Texas Goes: How The Lone Star State Hijacked The American Agenda in our latest issue.
“By 2000, when George W. Bush was running for president, the days when Republicans could burble about protecting the forests and stopping climate change were pretty much over. The environmental discussion shifted to the need for “market-based incentives” and the rights of local communities. The 2000 Republican platform did promise that the party nominee would approach environmental issues “just as he did it in Texas.” That sounded rather ominous, since at the time Texas ranked first in airborne carcinogens, first in ozone components, first in toxic air releases. Houston had the nation’s dirtiest air and Texas was number one when it came to unhealthy ozone levels.”
Bolivian writer Juan Claudio Lechín on Evo Morales and the conditions that predicate fascism.
From our new issue.
Art and programming converge in the mysterious Kynd’s digital brushstrokes.
Via Guernica
"Lines Toward a Night-Bestiary"
Poetry by Kirsten Kaschock, via Guernica
This is what a veteran looks like
now, I keep telling myself
“Angela, From Wisconsin” - Poetry by Jill McDonough via Guernica
In Palestine, lifelong runner Ian Rhodewalt meets some unusual competition.
Source: guernicamag.com
Leah Carroll reviews Tubes, a new book about the hidden physical infrastructure of the Internet.
Source: guernicamag.com
I’ve tried everything, including begging the Chinese regime, begging the same group of people who put me in this position, who hold my parents hostage, who continue to persecute dissidents in China. And then these attempts didn’t succeed.
Dissident Wuer Kaixi talks about fellow activist Chen Guangcheng, his own attempt to return to China, and his continued hope for “counter-talk” with the regime that exiled him.
Source: guernicamag.com
