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The leavings of intimacy

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Breakdown: 'Calypso's Guest' by Andrew Sean Greer

A study in narrative poise

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Graphic Review: 'Fish and Water' by Gengoroh Tagame

The world, room by room

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In the Flesh: Wrestlers in a Circus (1909)

Form in motion, no. 3

Feb 11 • Nino Shaskin

Review: 'All that Refuses to Die' by Michael Imossan

Tracing the geometry of a body shaped like thirst

Feb 3 • Neil Czeszejko

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Recent Works

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Theology of the pause

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Drawing Conclusions

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Of literature and line, no. 1

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Literary Review

Review: 'All that Refuses to Die' by Michael Imossan

Tracing the geometry of a body shaped like thirst

Feb 3 • Neil Czeszejko

Review: 'The Disappointment' by Scott Broker

Through the fissures of being, fractured and uncontainable

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Liminal lives, dangerous prophecies, and the pleasures of the in-between

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Review: 'Star Shipped' by Cat Sebastian

In the spaces we don’t quite inhabit

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Review: 'plastic' by Matthew Rice

The night’s rhythm, rendered

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Narrative Fractures

The leavings of intimacy

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In the Flesh: Wrestlers in a Circus (1909)

Form in motion, no. 3

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In the Flesh: In the Waves (1889)

Form in motion, no. 2

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In the Flesh: Stag at Sharkey's (1909)

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In Other Words

In Other Words: Puzzle #15

A game of meaning, no. 15

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In Other Words: Puzzle #14

A game of meaning, no. 14

Feb 20 • Neil Czeszejko

In Other Words: Puzzle #13

A game of meaning, no. 13

Feb 13 • Neil Czeszejko

In Other Words: Puzzle #12

A game of meaning, no. 12

Feb 6 • Neil Czeszejko

Graphic Review

Graphic Review: 'Fish and Water' by Gengoroh Tagame

The world, room by room

Feb 17 • Neil Czeszejko

Graphic Review: 'The Voice Said Kill' by Si Spurrier

What the bayou keeps

Jan 7 • Neil Czeszejko

Graphic Review: 'Flip Flip Slowly' by Mame Ohtako

In a town that seems to stand still, attention travels far

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Viewlines

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Theology of the pause

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The Softest Point of Contact

Machinery of the bare

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A Yielding on a Tuesday Morning

Anatomy of the perceived

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Before the Womb

The crowded singular

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Overtones

Post-Human Archive: Choreography Without Bodies

What moves in us when movement has no motive?

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When the Skin Hums

Between wanting and leaving

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When friendship finds its edge

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Roots & Resonance

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The delicate art of being desired

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Identity: The Stage and the Cage

From proof to performance, identity has always had an audience

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Muscle: Where the Animal Went

A story of instinct, control, and what the body leaves behind

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Robot: A Body Designed for Use

What was made to serve still holds us captive

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Artificial: What We Fear in Our Own Creations

The uncomfortable life of the conceived

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How chasing AI approval narrows both language and thought

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Projection Games: The Invisible Puzzle Your Brain Can’t Resist

Your mind’s invitation to play with shadows and whispers

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11 Compound Words for Feelings We Can’t Quite Name

A quiet taxonomy of words that close the distance between feeling and thought

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A Soft Bite: The Sweet Weaponry of Language

When language smiles, look for the teeth

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