V.M. Braganza uses the experiences of a year in quarantine with the words of poet Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Our Second April
Essays
On Democracy and Doris Lessing
A fly hums between the glowing bulb and smooth interior of my oversized floor lamp. I’m sprawled on the floor, …
Anti-Asian Violence: Where Do the East Asian and SWANA Communities Go from Here?
Yunus Kovankaya writes about the complex interrelations between Asian and SWANA groups in the US and imperative of unity.
How Lewis Carroll Challenged White Supremacy
"Alice and her strange companions do not represent the 'barbarous' stages of development that Descent... linked to nonwhite peoples."
Reflections on the Mirror Stage
Hollis Robbins reflects on the uses of the college admissions essay, and what it says about young applicants.
Jennifer Jason Leigh and Me
Greg Gerke muses on his teenage heartthrob, and what she means to him now.
“My Darling Oscar”: A Forgotten Letter by Oscar Wilde’s Lover Harbors Another Secret
Ulrich Baer dives into the archives to inspect a letter from Lord Alfred Douglas to Oscar Wilde.
