The First Sentence

Returning to a moment before memory.

The Ghost Sex

Reliving what could have been.

Solo in Stockholm

The unexpected pleasures of traveling alone.

Flying Standby

She said that if she happened to miss her plane, she would be comforted to know that
at least someone else would be able to fly in her place. She would love for her misfortune to become another’s relief. Her space was not wasted.

The Art of Dying

Meeting the end, onstage.

An Interview with Uma

After a cross-country road trip and some time in France this summer, Pam moved to New York to begin her life as Uma—an “alternative electronic soul” singer ready to take the NYC music scene by storm.

Nothing Given in History

The hazards of taking history for granted.

Vienna, Vienna

Meditations on a city of facades.

Ferguson is the Future

How science fiction is inspiring the fight for racial equality

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