Feminist art historian Griselda Pollock suggests that the general absence of women in the history of art is not “the result of forgetfulness, negligence, or prejudice. It should be understood as …
There's a familiar saying throughout Western culture: You can't see the forest for the trees. Translation: Your focus is skewed, misunderstanding persists. Modern environmental rhetoric is caught in …
THE HERALDS OF DEATH “The Kanun [1] was mightier than it appeared. It reached everywhere, crawled on the ground, along the plotlines of the fields, it slithered along the roads, around the markets, …
In a building with twelve floors, we are on the sixth, crouching in the bathroom. I have not seen you this way in years, running my fingers over each bone, counting them: fourteen small, hard parts …
In the small, conservative town where I grew up, the only place to kiss queerly was the old cemetery. This is where 15-year-old me and my first girlfriend were guaranteed our alone time. We were also …
The Complete Correspondence (1979) My dear, It’s downpouring. From here inside I can’t stop thinking about the trickle of people outside. Cold hands and feet under control. Only vague news, you …