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poetry

2 Poems From the Iraq War

Lola Haskins
Poet Lola Haskins offers these pieces about the 2004 Iraq War from her book The Grace to Leave, first to remind us that in that war the body count for Americans reached 4,492, and second, that its shadow has never dissipated.

books

The Jazz Pictures the FBI Silenced

Julia Curl Hyperallergic
Fearing for her safety, Lisette Model buried her photos of artists like Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong, but a new book reveals them to the world.

food

The New American Cheesemongers

Karen Fischer Ambrook.com
Cheese is all about culture and history, and every country has a cheese that is theirs that they’ve been making since ancient times. People want to be in touch with their product and their mind … It’s getting back to basics.

film

And the Oscar Goes to … Men Not at Work

Stephen Lurie Jacobin
Our male protagonists — or perhaps men more broadly — are searching for meaning, solace, or glory anywhere but in the workplace. The trend represents a collective ambiguity about the point of work.

poetry

Treasure Hunt

Esther Kamkar
Iranian-American poet Esther Kamkar has lived in Iran, Israel, & the US. Rather than sink into despair, she finds consolation in nature's tenacious resilience.

books

Globaloney

Jackson Lears London Review of Books
This new book survey's the life and work of President Jimmy Carter's National Security Advisor and foreign policy strategist.

food

Sweet Old Work

Jared Phillips Southern Foodways Alliance
Sorghum making is one of the many things that kept communities connected in the rural South. Our way of working offers the gift of slowness in an age built on the presumptions of speed.
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