What Is Left
Copper Nickel
A survivor of the American war in Cambodia, the poet Bunkong Tuon lives with ancestral ghosts and gratitude for what is left.
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Arundhati Roy: The Dismantling of Democracy in India Will Affect the Whole World
Scroll.in
The text of the writer’s speech as she received the 45th European Essay Prize on September 12..."What’s happening in India is not that loose variety of internet fascism. It’s the real thing. We have become Nazis."
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Walter Mosley’s New York: Classes Divided, Races at War
The New York Times
His new novel, “Every Man a King,” is a hard-boiled tale of billionaires, white nationalists and a detective with a complicated past.
film
Errol Morris Tells Us About Finding an ‘Exquisite Poet of Self Loathing’ in John le Carré
IndieWire
For the AppleTV+ production “The Pigeon Tunnel,” documentary filmmaker Errol Morris again captured elusive quarry by recording four days of interviews with John le Carré (neé David Cornwell) in fall 2019; they proved to be the acclaimed author’s last
food
America’s Bee Problem Is an Us Problem
The Ringer
You may have heard America’s honeybees are dying. But what does that mean for the people on the front lines—and what could it mean for what ends up on your plate?
tv
Trump, on Meet the Press, Shows He Still Has No Policy Plans
Vox
In Sunday’s interview with Kristen Welker, Trump went with his classic playbook of vague answers and conspiracy theories.
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The Red and the Queer
Against the Current
Reviewer Wald praises this book's "grace," for the way its author "puts into conversation the deeply intertwined histories of what he calls 'straight, gay, or otherwise queer' people and the radical anti-capitalist movement."
food
After Two Climate-Decimated Harvests, Southern Peach Farmers Wonder How To Regroup
The Guardian
Warmer winters, late freezes and wildly variable rainfall have formed a perfect storm to wreck the one of the region’s favorite fruits
film
Danny Boyle’s “28 Days Later”
Hollywood Progressive
A Zombie Film that Still Speaks to Our Current World, and with Quite a Bit of Class
tv
Suits Is an Unlikely Time Capsule for a Troubled Decade
Vox
Suits is half comfort watch, half reckoning — and America can’t stop streaming.
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