Editor’s Note: On the seventieth anniversary of al-Nakba, we published an eloquent essay by Michel Moushabeck, recounting his family story of dispossesion from their homeland in Palestine. Today, with the permission of The Nation, where this piece was first published, after being solicited and then rejected by the Harvard Law Review, we bring you an argument for taking . . .
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RER Ambiente: Erosion on a hillside in Emilia-Romagna. (Earth Primer #6) During rainstorms, soil gets soaked by water, which it then retains within its most minute pores, acting as a reservoir. To achieve their ends, which include bringing nutrients all the way up to the leaves, the roots of plants draw water . . .
Read MoreLike liquid gold the wheat-field lies,A marvel of yellow and russet and green…—Hamlin Garland ‘Twas Demeter that gave the world wheat;And Triptolemus took to his feetTo bring grains to us all.They enrich beers for Fall,As autumnal observance completes. 1.This Floridian Wheat Beer is lightWith a citrusy sweetness that bright-ens refreshing mouthfeel.It’s an ale that’s . . .
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Illustration by Rose M. Spielman; Psychology: OpenStax, p. 519, Fig 14.22 “There is a crack, a crack in everything,That’s how the light gets in.” Since the October War on Gaza began, I’m told, we’ve been killing a thousand children a week. For an instant, when Joe Biden said, don’t repeat our mistakes, there was . . .
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When cleaved of their fur, rabbits look like they do not come from our planet. Perhaps they came to us, bare, from yours. Perhaps some of you came here with these creatures, their muscle and fat smooth around their lungs—the size of thumbs—and their eyes . . .
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Jin, Jiyan, Azadî as in Free Palestine We, the undersigned, who have been pleading for Jin Jiyan Azadî in the last year, demand an end to genocide, call for immediate ceasefire, and express our solidarity with the Palestinian people and their liberation struggle. As we witness genocide being perpetrated by the Israeli . . .
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Natascha Bruce’s translation of Can Xue’s novella, Mystery Train, is out now from Sublunary Editions. Bruce’s translation of Samwai Lam appeared in our Fall 2022 issue. Sweet Movie, Alisha Dietzman’s National Poetry Series-winning collection, was published by Beacon Press. One of the poems in the collection, “Love Poem without Light,” was published in our . . .
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Excerpt from The New Bicycle. Forthcoming from Clavis Publishing, 24 pp., November 2023. Recently Daniel Barenboim, the Israeli conductor, stated that, “Music is one way to bring people together—we are all equal human beings who deserve peace, freedom, and happiness.” Of course, we could say not only music, but all of the arts. Dialectically . . .
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At long last, I’m finally sitting down to write a piece that I promised ages ago. This will be an admittedly partisan review, responding to the latest book by Tabish Khair, who is both a friend and on the MR masthead. Yet, given that it’s Hallowe’en today, on several levels it does seem the . . .
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Teeth marks are found in the back of a cop car.Cymbals clang on too-hot grits. My mental chatter is at the speed of rabbits thumping.Asphalt tapes the blood spill. A gold tooth crater smiles into . . .
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