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Hooked on Phonics

From Planes Flying Over a Monster, which was published last month by Catapult. Translated by Christina MacSweeney. The Grande Bibliothèque is an enormous glass edifice that stands opposite the Berri–UQAM…

Four Men

by William T. Vollmann,

Keeping company with outdoor people

On the Skids

by Edward Hoagland,

What do most of us do when we notice a hungry, disoriented person slumped on the street in obvious despair? Why, we pass quickly by, averting our eyes toward an…

No Vacancy

by Wes Enzinna,

Can empty houses help solve homelessness?

Rags to Reichstag

by Frank Niceley,

From a speech given by the Tennessee state senator in April during a debate on a bill to make camping along highways a misdemeanor. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I haven’t…

Haleiwa, Hawaii

by Paul Theroux,

When people in Hawaii first learned of North Korea’s latest threat — that it might soon launch a preemptive strike that could obliterate our lovely islands with a nuclear bomb…

Eddie and Lindsay

by Robert Gumpert,

Remembering a homeless couple shot in San Francisco's Mission District

Division Street

by Robert Gumpert, Rebecca Solnit,

Chances are that you are living the good life, at least in the most fundamental sense. You have the liberty to leave your home and the security of a home…

In the Wilderness

by Parker Yesko,

Robert Gumpert discusses "Division Street," his photo essay on homelessness in San Francisco, which was published in the October issue of Harper's Magazine

Homeless in Sacramento

by William T. Vollmann,

Welcome to the new tent cities

Own Goal

by Wells Tower,

How homeless soccer explains the world