“They were like zebras, he thought—not one had stripes just like any other, but who could tell one zebra from another? He found it depressing, not that lynching could be […]
Clip Show Q3 2026
“It turns out that soil is teeming with life.” – Ashley Dawson, ‘Environmentalism From Below’ Sure I’m spoiling this Friday and next Friday’s books, but it’s okay! We read for […]
Friday Links: Wanna Get Lit And Make A Golem Outta Stolen Clay? Edition
“This is no slur upon his character. For every rabbi so magnificently pious or learned or original in his theory or prodigious in his writing that he he is remembered […]
20 Chicago Things I’ve Learned In 20 Years As A Chicagoan
“This might sound like I believe there is some vast conspiracy at work, which I don’t, but the situation we find ourselves in is effectively the same as if there […]
Friday Links: Every Book Title Could Be This Week’s Title Edition
“Everyone spoke underwater; I could only / hold my breath to listen for so long. / I did learn the water carries its own song.” – Michelle Peñaloza, “POST DIASPORA” […]
11 Wonderfully Strange Books By Latine Authors
“You will be a tiny volcano prettier than three thirsty dogs curtsying and / swapping advice on how to grow wheat in mothballed pianos.” – César Moro, “VISION OF MOTH-EATEN […]
Friday Links: They Don’t Want You Around Edition
“George did not sing along but he listened intently to the words of the song. He found them to be the words of a people that must have been constantly […]
Albums I Should Have Listened To Already: ‘Rumours’ by Fleetwood Mac
“Yesterday’s gone / yesterday’s gone” – Fleetwood Mac, “Don’t Stop” We have arrived at the album that inspired this series. How have you never listened to Rumours front to back?? […]
Friday Links: Amorak Huey’s Mouth & Other Poems Edition
“I put in a plastic bag / 8 limes, even the plastic / was alive, it used to be / Precambrian vegetables” – Matthew Rohrer, “49” It’s poetry week, but […]
Ekphrasis: Stuff Happening August 2026 Edition
“Making music is like constructing a machine whose function is to dredge up emotions in performer and listener alike. Some people find this idea repulsive…they would prefer to see music […]