“The great subconscious goal of the 1980s may often have been to rid American films of the late 1960s/early 1970s rebellious figures. “ —Donald Bogle In The Toy the toy is Jack Brown played by Richard Pryorthe comedian the movie a comedy in which a young white boy buys has his father buy Brown a …
This is the honor my parents gave me: to be so common among my generation that from kindergarten through PhD, teachers qualified me with a final initial. No one recalls why my family broke from their biblical, saintly taxonomy—Deborah, Theresa, Mary—to baptize mein such a quotidian font, to opt for what was popular. What I …
I think we called itBonner’s Hill or Bonner’s Mile because it seemed that long and he used to live therethough he died by the time we were old enough for the dirt bikes we pedaled to maximum speedbefore the tuck and float all the way down helmetlessdodging potholes and loose gravel at the riverbendwhere they …
To accompany our spring 2024 issue (21.1), we have curated a folio on jealousy and envy. Reading Ravi Mangla’s story “Flavors of Tuscany” in particular inspired us to put together this feature. Though most dictionaries have accepted that jealousy and envy are used nearly synonymous in our culture, the Chicago Manual of Style says, “Jealousy …
To accompany our spring 2024 issue (21.1), we have curated a folio on jealousy and envy. Reading Ravi Mangla’s story “Flavors of Tuscany” in particular inspired us to put together this feature. Though most dictionaries have accepted that jealousy and envy are used nearly synonymous in our culture, the Chicago Manual of Style says, “Jealousy …
To accompany our spring 2024 issue (21.1), we have curated a folio on jealousy and envy. Reading Ravi Mangla’s story “Flavors of Tuscany” in particular inspired us to put together this feature. Though most dictionaries have accepted that jealousy and envy are used nearly synonymous in our culture, the Chicago Manual of Style says, “Jealousy …
To accompany our spring 2024 issue (21.1), we have curated a folio on jealousy and envy. Reading Ravi Mangla’s story “Flavors of Tuscany” in particular inspired us to put together this feature. Though most dictionaries have accepted that jealousy and envy are used nearly synonymous in our culture, the Chicago Manual of Style says, “Jealousy …
To accompany our spring 2024 issue (21.1), we have curated a folio on jealousy and envy. Reading Ravi Mangla’s story “Flavors of Tuscany” in particular inspired us to put together this feature. Though most dictionaries have accepted that jealousy and envy are used nearly synonymous in our culture, the Chicago Manual of Style says, “Jealousy …
To accompany our spring 2024 issue (21.1), we have curated a folio on jealousy and envy. Reading Ravi Mangla’s story “Flavors of Tuscany” in particular inspired us to put together this feature. Though most dictionaries have accepted that jealousy and envy are used nearly synonymous in our culture, the Chicago Manual of Style says, “Jealousy …
Before you shot yourself in the chest I had forgotten you. Visiting here after twenty-five years, false claimant of homeland,I’m pocketing columbine seeds from the library garden.How like me to make this about me. Your motherin the grocery store moving slow and hunched among the frozen dinners. The joker you dated in high school—was I …