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The Ceaseless Murmuring of Innumerable Bees
By Eliot Weinberger“The bee has no time for sorrow”
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The Celebrity as Muse
By Philippa Snow“We can see her pubis and her mugshots and the powder in her nostrils, but it is impossible for us, as regular, unfamous people, to know what it feels like to be her.”
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By Elijah Bailey“Stars were born for stages. Y’all have fun rolling round the gravel lot.”
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Fiction
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At Miu Miu, in Paris
By Sophie Kemp“I felt like a praying mantis with googly eyes.”
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Consecutive Preterite
By Jessica LaserThat summer I learned Biblical Hebrew / with Christian women heaving themselves / toward ministry one brick building at a time.
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Poetry
Derrida in Lahore
By Julien ColumeauOn the cold night of November 24, 1997, before Shahid disappeared forever, I thought I was his closest friend, his only confidant.
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Fiction
The People’s History of 1998
By Gbenga AdesinaThe Yangtze River in China lost its nerve / and wanted vengeance.