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Features, UncategorizedNovember 28, 2011

Rekindled

By Amanda Giracca

When I was nineteen, I burned down a small field of bamboo. It was one of the loneliest afternoons I can remember.

Features, UncategorizedNovember 21, 2011

A Trip To The Castle

By Lauren Quinn

The tin fence is half-collapsed, and the smoke that billows out of the shack might be meat or it might be trash—or by the smell, both.

Features, UncategorizedNovember 16, 2011

Down and Out in West Texas

By Sarah Menkedick

We were checking in when a woman came storming out of her room to the desk and said, “There’s shit on them sheets.”

Features, UncategorizedNovember 8, 2011

The Year We Came Home

By Simone Gorrindo

The year I moved back home to California—the year I got sick and resigned, more or less, from life altogether—I had, for the first few months, traveling dreams…

Features, UncategorizedNovember 1, 2011

In the Bush

By Eva Holland

On the other end of the line my mother’s phone was ringing, but the familiar tones sounded distant, thin and faded.

Features, UncategorizedOctober 10, 2011

Cities Like Boys

By Lauren Quinn

Wait, wait—you’re moving to Cambodia?!” I nod. “I was just out there for a few months earlier this year. And now I’m headed back.”

Features, UncategorizedSeptember 9, 2011

The Revolution

By Sarah Menkedick

There was an art opening at the Centro Fotográfico the Friday the federal troops came. I went out to the Hotel Victoria for piña coladas with a few friends beforehand.