Things read in April
Articles and Essays:
The Challenge of Change
The Nuclear Family Was A Mistake
The Songs That Got Us Through the Year
Criminal justice algorithms: Being race-neutral doesn't mean race-blind
The Other's Other: Against Identity Poetry
During Ramadan, Israel Seems to Relish Attacking Palestinians
Amtrack is streaming an empty railroad on Twitch to beef with freight rail companies
The Inspiring Story of the Trans Actress Behind Your Favorite Pokémon's Voice
Japan's police see no evil
Who's There? Every Story is A Ghost Story
Attending to Technology
The magical miniature worlds of terrariums
Socialists Need to Take Back the Term "Emotional Labor"
In "The Green Knight," Chivalry Was Always Dead
I'm Deaf and I Have 'Perfect Speech.' Here's Why it's Actually A Nightmare
Found Images: On the nostalgia for image scarcity
The American Origins of the Not-So-Traditional Celtic Knot Tattoo
How Do You Mourn A 250-Year-Old Giant?
The Library Ends Late Fees, and the Treasures Roll In
Blue corn and melons: meet the seed keepers reviving ancient, resilient crops
Causes of Depression: Beyond Chemical Imbalances and Genetics
How Japan Built Cities Where You Could Send Your Toddler on an Errand
Reactive Abuse: What it is and Why Abusers Rely on it
The Reality of Reactive Abuse
Commonplace Books Are Like Diaries Without the Risk of Annoying Yourself
The Concept Creep of 'Emotional Labor'
The Meaning and Origin of 'April is the Cruellest Month'
Poetry:
Iowa City: Early April by Robert Hass
Elegy for the Four Chambers of my Brother's Heart by Steven Espada Dawson
The Boy Who Sells Sweet Oranges by Alicia Cadilla
When the Guest Speaker Told Us by Jennifer Saunders
April by Alicia Ostriker
April by Jean Valentine
A Little Closer to the Edge by Ocean Vuong
Our Wandering by Dawn Lundy Martin
Stricken by Jan Beatty
When I Think of Tamir Rice While Driving by Reginald Dwayne Betts
Books:
Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kelon
The Seas by Samantha Hunt
The Snowpiercer by Jacques Lob and Jean-Marc Rochette
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alright gayboy what's your favorite fruit 1. for eating and 2. for symbolizing
cj this is so sexy hot iminloveletskiss of you…
for EATING it’s def green grapes!! i can pop a green grape like nobody’s business
for symbolizing, you KNOW i have to say orange!! all though my love of greek myth entices me to say figs or pomegranates, it’s so super oranges! orange by mary oliver, flirtation by rita dove, the patience of penelope, tangerine by ruth schwartz, the boy who sells sweet oranges by alicia cadilla, oranges are not the only fruit, the orange by wendy cope, oranges by roisin kelly, wild oranges by marjorie meeker, oranges by gary soto, the garden of eros by oscar wilde, when i peel an orange by greg komicki… all INSANE works of literature of which i have devoted so many hours to finding and studying!! the non-traditional love it represents because friendship is an orange, in two quarters and half; and a new relationship is an orange that’s peeled and quartered that flares like a tulip; an orange is that guy you remember from work who peeled oranges in a long, continuous strip and hung the peels from his cubicle; they are like heartbeats; they are sold by a boy who has patched clothes and maps of the world; they are something to covet in your hands, like holy water!!!! oranges MEANS so much and they are so CORPOREAL!! it’s skin to peel and flesh that bursts and it clings to your fingers in a way only the most meaningful things do, like soil or blood. and oranges mean dividing and that makes them so much easier to share, they are something that can disappear when given like an apple or a peach. the smell clings to your skin for it to ever be truly ephemeral, like pleasure or eden. they are the sweet and tart parts of loving someone, of caring enough to risk pain as much as joy. you know what you’re getting into with an orange, something trialsome and experiential. it isn’t a simple pleasure of luxury like a grape, it is one of effort and rigor. it makes the sharing of them so much more, too. more tender even than a pomegranate, which too must be torn apart but easy enough to share, oranges demand kindness and patience. oranges are flesh to be eaten in a different way than meat is. they are feminine and masculine, both the sweet and the sun. oranges are… they’re so important to me <3
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oranges, gary soto / bruno is orange, hop along / the orange, wendy cope / peel my orange every morning, ezra furman / oranges, jean little / the boy who sells sweet oranges, alicia cadilla / clementine, sucker crush / tangerine, a sonorant coercer, paul mwenelupembe / clementine, ayah alghanem / our beautiful life when it's filled with shrieks, christopher citro
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