articles for july 2007
7.07
carnival
by Zach Kincaid
The carnival has forgotten its barricade. The telephone poles tilt back to their native forests and gorilla suits hang inside every wardrobe.
by Zach Kincaid
The carnival has forgotten its barricade. The telephone poles tilt back to their native forests and gorilla suits hang inside every wardrobe.
r.i.p. tony soprano
by Kenneth Morefield
For those of you who have been deep undercover, HBO’s exquisitely crafted drama about a New Jersey mob family ended its eight year, eighty-six episode run last month with the mother of all blackouts.
by Kenneth Morefield
For those of you who have been deep undercover, HBO’s exquisitely crafted drama about a New Jersey mob family ended its eight year, eighty-six episode run last month with the mother of all blackouts.
it’s not even morning
by Nathan Elmore
The feeling is not like those who first sailed the seas and “found” the continent on behalf of kings and empires and the Church, and who first lit those matches from which so many African fires still burn.
by Nathan Elmore
The feeling is not like those who first sailed the seas and “found” the continent on behalf of kings and empires and the Church, and who first lit those matches from which so many African fires still burn.
sufjan stevens hums way past hipness
by David Wright
Stevens' lyrical catalogues of places, names, and historical events, his inventive but always believable narratives, his quirky, minimalistic instrumentals and arrangements, and...
by David Wright
Stevens' lyrical catalogues of places, names, and historical events, his inventive but always believable narratives, his quirky, minimalistic instrumentals and arrangements, and...
the good shepherd
by Jason Byassee
Most people are not habitual liars. Yet most of us do want lies told on our behalf by a government charged with protecting us. Paul Griffiths’ recent book Lying shows just how unique St. Augustine is...
by Jason Byassee
Most people are not habitual liars. Yet most of us do want lies told on our behalf by a government charged with protecting us. Paul Griffiths’ recent book Lying shows just how unique St. Augustine is...
the pastor disappears among the weak
by David Wright
He goes out to the prairie / in the heat of the day. / Heat hovers above the grasses, / like invisible, pressing hands. / Harsh anointing runs / salt into his eyes.
by David Wright
He goes out to the prairie / in the heat of the day. / Heat hovers above the grasses, / like invisible, pressing hands. / Harsh anointing runs / salt into his eyes.
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