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Brian Comes Alive

Brian Comes Alive

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We’ve all chuckled at the theatrics of the stiff-legged subhumans in a zombie film. Brian was fried in a way that no Hollywood pathos I know of has successfully evoked.more

THREE ESSAYS

THREE ESSAYS

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He has so much knowledge, and also he has none of it. He drives backcountry Minnesota where his father once lived. Because his father once lived—before he killed himself.more

Compliance

Compliance

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Someday we’ll talk about us, but today is not that day.more

Four Essays

Four Essays

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I have a ritual before I get my haircut. I take off my nail polish. Earrings have to come off, too. The rainbow lanyard that hangs from my pocket must stay inside my car. Most importantly, my voice must get deeper. Queer folks aren’t as welcome in these parts. Only the manly men. Only the straight men.more

Wild/Life

Wild/Life

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Traveling Mexico has its own challenges. So why do I always want to crank the danger up to 11?more

A Vulture

A Vulture

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Kevin Carter committed suicide four months after winning the Pulitzer. more

Footfall: Beach Slang Cheap Thrills on A Dead End Street (This-Is-A-We-Didn’t-Get-The-Covers-In-Time-For-Tour edition)

Footfall: Beach Slang Cheap Thrills on A Dead End Street (This-Is-A-We-Didn’t-Get-The-Covers-In-Time-For-Tour edition)

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“The Rumba Cafe is only slightly larger than my two bedroom apartment and smells like summer in Ohiomore

Footfall: Ryan Adams Love is Hell (Mobile Fidelity Edition)

Footfall: Ryan Adams Love is Hell (Mobile Fidelity Edition)

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“It seems only fitting that the first record I find while crate digging after a wedding would be a double LP audiophile nervous breakdown from Ryan Adamsmore

Life Stages: An Essay Based on an Interview with Khalil Abdul-Karim

Life Stages: An Essay Based on an Interview with Khalil Abdul-Karim

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You go to parties, you kiss girls, you try liquor, you smoke weed. You still fast during Ramadan and only then do you stick to making salat five times a day.more

On Subtraction and Rereading

On Subtraction and Rereading

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“I was being trained like the masters of old. They did not generally have large libraries. They often had only six or seven books and from these books they learned their craftmore