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21st century

Findings

Polish biologists described a long-term pattern of recurrent fellatio between two castrated brown bears. During six years of observation at a Croatian zoo, the recipient-bear and provider-bear never switched roles.…

Noms de guerre

by Moez Surani,

By Moez Surani, from “????? Operación Operation Opération ?? ????????,” a collection of the names given to military operations by United Nations member states since 2000, printed in the spring…

Customs of the Country

by Suki Kim,

By Suki Kim, from notes she took during teacherorientation sessions at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, included in her book, Without You, There Is No Us, out next…

Ecce Homo

by Kerry Howley,

By Kerry Howley, from Thrown, an account of the world of mixed martial arts narrated by a semi-fictionalized graduate student, out next month from Sarabande.

Freedom Isn’t Free

From items listed as of this May in the online store of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. Several items have since been removed from the site.

Phony Capitalism

by Joseph Stiglitz,

By Joseph Stiglitz, adapted from a white paper published in May by the Roosevelt Institute, where he is chief economist. Stiglitz received the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics.