Where, where are the tears of the world? —Roethke, “The Lost Son” I. I am reading this book about human consumption, how our sense— and headlong pursuit—of thriving depend, in institutional, ineradicable ways, on resource depletion. To the point not...
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Doors are Killing Our Kids
Doors are Killing Our Kids, Along with Books, Tables, Chairs… (or) The Answers to School Shootings Are Right in Front of Us “There are too many entrances and too many exits to our over 8,000 campuses in Texas. There aren’t enough people to put a...
End to the Brief Unbeaten Streak
La vía del tren subteraneo es peligroso. Several board (everyone faking shut-eye), pull out the students of history (ID’d by their lesson plans). Too late for remedial anything. Asked to pass. Told where to stand. Detention. Dawnbirds grackle...
One Year In: How Will It End?
Special to Scoundrel Time: Twenty-two writers imagine how the current administration will end. A Note From the Editor One year ago today, we launched Scoundrel Time in response to the devastating U.S. presidential election and clear...