by Normand Lepine Editor’s Note: Today we have a range of holidays to celebrate. Rather than dance around the maypole, however, we’ve chosen to focus on the modern proletariat. See, many of us have day jobs, side gigs, or straight-up permanent positions. And on International Workers’ Day we stand in solidarity with all those who keep the world running. So Read More
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At the Memorial
by Leah Mueller Afraid to weep, my son carries his father’s ashes in a cardboard box. As water roils in the distance, he steps inside a crater filled with loose gravel, twists his ankle, crumples to the ground. We stand above, hands outstretched while he tosses in agony on the asphalt. On the shore, beachcombers climb dead tree branches, pick Read More
Quit
Insanity is performing the same action over and over again, yet expecting a different outcome. Or something like that. I don’t care which famous intellect said that originally. Narrators and news anchors quote it all the time on TV to explain a character who’s obsessed or stuck in a hopeless rut. The quote, however, ignores a simple caveat: It’s really Read More