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Ethernal Damnation

From a video statement posted in January by Eli Regalado, the pastor of an online-only Christian church based in Denver. Regalado and his wife, Kaitlyn Regalado, were charged with fraud…

Name Stakes

by Thomas Chatterton Williams,

Since becoming a father, I have thought a lot about what exactly we’re doing when we name something or someone after someone else. Three years ago, my wife and I,…

My Name is Mud

From names that parents around the world have attempted to bestow on their children. They are cited in a lawsuit that was filed in a Georgia superior court in March.…

Aline & Bob

by R. Crumb,

In troubles with money

Lotion

by Simone White,

By Simone White, from Of Being Dispersed, a collection of poetry that was published in May by Futurepoem Books. White’s previous collection is Unrest.

Belongings, Enoshima

by Emily Shur,

Mon(t) Liban

by Mohamad-Said Baalbaki,

Alphabet Cities

by Paul Auster, J. M. Coetzee,

From Here and Now, a collection of letters exchanged by novelists J. M. Coetzee and Paul Auster between 2008 and 2011, out this month from Viking. 24 august 2009 Dear…

Class Struggle

From almost 2,000 comments about student loans sent to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and released on its website last June. Americans currently owe more than $1 trillion in outstanding…

Piggy Bank

by William Styron,

From a June 8, 1972, letter by William Styron to Frederick Exley, the author of A Fan’s Notes, who was a guest lecturer at the University of Iowa that year.…

The Price of Admission

by Thomas Frank,