There must have been a worldbefore the slender architecturein the palm flexed the pistonsin the wrist and the chiselshaped the hips of this;there must have been a single treeplucked and carved hollowwhich drew from some of usa wilderness; […]—from “Guitar,” Volume 61 Issue 1 (Spring 2020) Tell us about one of the . . .
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Painting: “I am Joy” by Omileye Achikeobi-Lewis. Part of the Peace Am I series. Three days into my own family’s version of self-quarantining, I began seeing headlines claiming the drug hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) might lessen the effects and viral load of COVID-19. Plaquenil is the most commonly prescribed drug for Lupus patients. Lupus is a chronic, auto-immune . . .
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My brother, Victor, said that Mr. B was the only interesting teacher at our school, and that I might finally learn a thing or two. Because this brother never said anything more urgent to me than Get out of my room, I saw in his comments something akin to the hot and . . .
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Photo: Lee B. Ewing Professor and psychoanalyst Dori Laub, creator of the Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, has drawn upon his own experiences in interviewing Holocaust survivors to construct a model for the interactive work of the interviewer. According to Laub, the interviewer in this delicate and unique situation must act . . .
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I had to take off, because I did not trust myself not to change my mind. I was fat and out of shape. Even at the best of times I had never been one for running, because I considered it an undignifying exercise. But this was not the time for preserving dignity. . . .
Read MoreIncreased xenophobia, greater marginalisation of workers I am interested in examining not what has been done or not done to tackle the Covid-19 threat, but what its consequences might be – apart from the immediate one, which is the tragic loss of lives and livelihoods. One of the long-term consequences of the . . .
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Photo credit: Leslie Lausch In 2010, the second morning of the Year of the Pig is the day after Valentine’s. Hong Kong’s in a good mood. On ATV Home, Harmony News broadcasts a senior citizen activity organized by a Christian social welfare group. Its goal—to reproduce past times by displaying personal possessions . . .
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You might have a lover who builds you a castle,and in the field beyond the pond, a lapwing makes her nest. The long-legged mother, black and white, and beautifully agile,will pretend to have a broken wing to lure you around and away. “Lapwing” means “disguise the secret.”—From “Mythographic Shorthand,” Volume 60, Issue . . .
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We speak sparingly to ourselves indulging instead a devotional of listssoft tyranny of small needs abject and quotidian underneath whichthe broad sweep of desire our machinery grinds for poverty—from “Letter for Elena Ferrante: Devotional,” Volume 60, Issue 4 (Winter 2019) Tell us about one of the . . .
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The Massachusetts Review presents the latest Working Titles e-book: Silence Like Blood, a novella by Marie-Célie Agnant, translated and with an introduction by Dawn Fulton. Available now! “My Dear Claire, If I’m writing to you, it’s only out of respect for the promise I made, not, as you asked, to tell you . . .
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