Don’t Shout Anymore Stop killing the dead,Don’t shout anymore, don’t shoutIf you still want to hear them,If you hope not to perish. They have an inaudible whisper,They don’t make noise anymoreThan that of the growing
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This By Omar El Akkad New York: Knopf, 2025. 187 pp. This, in the title of Omar El Akkad’s remarkable book, refers to the slaughter of tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands
Years ago, as a visual artist who was deeply disturbed by the Gulf War, I began creating a series of ink drawings and collages as a way of expressing my thoughts and feelings about war. I
Editor’s Note: While most of the stories we receive and publish are between one thousand and five thousand words, today’s online feature presents four flash stories ranging from 844 to just 266 words. Inhabiting the rich
James Kirschke (middle) with fellow lieutenants Roger Pullis (left) and Jim Anderson (right).Chu Lai, Vietnam, 1966. When Buddy Spivey was wheeled into my room on the twelfth deck of the Sick Officers Quarters at the
Author’s Note: My poem comes from an ekphrastic workshop hosted by the writer and artist Jay McCoy. As inspiration, he offered up a cull of photographs with fuzzy origins. This one called out to me
Director: Hyun kyung KimReleased: April 26, 2023 (Visions du Réel Film Festival, premiere)YouTube Trailer In the preamble to the documentary film, Defectors, directed by Hyun kyung Kim, a montage made with a map and scissors
Qui Entendra Nos Cris? | Published by Éditions de l’Observatoire, Jan. 2024Translated from Farsi (Afghanistan) to French by Zaher Divantchegui Author’s Note: The story you are about to read is not an ordinary tale. It is
Peter Beinart’s new book, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning (Knopf, January 28, 2025), constructs a specific narrative for Jews wrestling with Israel’s actions in Gaza and its dire consequences. The title is perhaps misleading;
Kabul Airport, 2024 | Mixed media on canvas Artist Statement I am Ali Rahimi, an Afghan artist working in the field of painting. In my works, particularly in my recent paintings, I utilize a
~ He said, You’re different from all the gringas. I know I am. Sometimes I sleep but sometimes I lay with my stomach gurgling and think about it: The difference between me and a gringa is
Pádraic Ó Conaire (1882-1928), a pioneering Modernist author with a bilingual mind and comic wit(photo courtesy Galway City Museum, Ireland) It is a foggy day in March 1916, and British Resident Magistrate Robert Sparrow can’t
