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My City Was Gone

I wrote this a year ago but it was never published. I’m doing so now. — AR

Unnamed Group Zine?

What do intellectuals do when they have no free time and their 2x/week blog runs out of steam? They celebrate with an anniversary print edition! Consider this an announcement of a new project: Unnamed Group …. Zine?

To My Wife, Regarding The Leftovers

Few things suggest “I could have done more” like the bright overhead lights above the bathroom…

What We Talk About When We Talk About Players Associations

A Big, Useless Bathtub, or The Inland Sea

It’s easy to mistake the Great Lakes for the ocean, at first. I’ve brought a few people to see Lake Michigan for the first time, and that’s what they all say: “It looks like the ocean!”

One Million Dollars

My father received a certified letter from the State Attorney’s office. Ask him what the letter said and he’ll highlight only the most the essential details: We still have your guns. You can come get your guns. Please bring the necessary paperwork. For my father, the letter served both as a…

Geoengineering Techniques, Ranked

Climate change is getting worse. Massive landslides have reshaped the landscape of northern Canada as permafrost melts and releases carbon dioxide and methane gas into the atmosphere. This process is accelerating and the poles are experiencing record heat. The climate…

Unnamed Ranger

A few months ago, I was working on a blog post about how my friend had found happiness by leaving the academy and joining the National Park Service. Then… January happened. Suddenly, the national parks were the heart of the resistance and my friend, Ranger Nothis Realname, seemed justifiably paranoid…