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Reproduced with permission of Kenar Embroidery.      During the genocide of Gaza beginning in 2023, the destruction extended beyond lives, land, and buildings into art, culture, heritage and memory. One day, I saw a picture of a Tatreez piece lying above the rubble, it was a stitched map of Palestine. The red threads . . .

J. D. Mathes from our Winter Special Issue, INCARCERATION & FAMILY, reads his essay “Momma Tried”: Video recorded and edited by Mathes. J. D. Mathes grew up a feral child in the deserts of the American Southwest who loved to read library books. He is a PEN America Writing for Justice Fellow, . . .

Reviewing Joshua Colangelo-Bryan’s Through the Gates of Hell. American Injustice at Guantanamo Bay (Humanitas Media, 2025), 224 pp. I. Buddies When you pick up a book written by a lawyer for Guantanamo detainees, knowing that it will contain an account of his work representing those clients, the last thing you expect to . . .