June 2025

June 2025

This Island Toward Which I Row and Row, Yet Cannot Reach Alone

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Friday night. My older sister points a beam at my bedroom ceiling so the sky appears: charcoal edging to violet, clouds in layered bruises, starlight peeping through the gaps. Claretta then directs a second beam at the wall. An impression of our city blooms there, trembling and unfocused as she fusses with the controls.A silent […]

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June 2025

Editorial: Kicking the Latest Habit

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“I found my spirit animal!” My daughter, satisfied. “It’s a horse.”“How did you figure that?” She doesn’t strike me as horse-like, and unlike some girls, isn’t even interested in horses.“I looked it up.” Certain.Looked it up used to mean Encyclopedia Britannica. We had that distinguished, gilt-spredged set, and I would often select a volume at […]

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