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A Kind of Grace

by Hannah Black,

By Hannah Black. Black is an artist and writer from the U.K. She is the author of Dark Pool Party, which was published last month by Dominica/Arcadia Missa.

Common Cause

by Alix Rule,

By Alix Rule. Rule is a doctoral student in sociology at Columbia University.

We Out Here

by Wesley Yang,

By Wesley Yang. Yang has written for New York magazine, the New York Times, and n+1. He is at work on his first book.

Mad Magazines

by Jonathan Guyer,

Underground comics come to Egypt

The Odd Couple

by Jean Stein,

From West of Eden: An American Place, an oral history of Hollywood and Los Angeles by Jean Stein, published this month by Random House. Stein is the author of Edie:…

Escaping Wars and Waves

by Olivier Kugler,

We Don’t Have Rights, But We Are Alive

by James Harkin,

A gay soldier in Assad’s army

The Great Republican Land Heist

by Christopher Ketcham,

Ammon Bundy takes over a wildlife refuge in Oregon; Christopher Ketcham traces the history of the Bureau of Land Management

Revenge Tragedy

by Austin Reed,

From The Life and the Adventures of a Haunted Convict, a memoir by Austin Reed, published this month by Random House. Likely completed in 1858, the manuscript was discovered at…

If Looks Could Kill

From posts by residents of Oakland, California, to NextDoor and Glenfriends, two online social networks for neighbors.

Invisible City

by Justin E. H. Smith,

By Justin E. H. Smith, from a work in progress. Smith’s fourth book, The Philosopher: A History in Six Types (Princeton), will be published in June. At the end of August, the oldest…