Essays

Wild Spectacle by Janisse Ray

Environment Essays Nonfiction Poetry Travel Utrinque Paratus

Janisse Ray

November 11, 2022

A lionfish makes a tasty sandwich. Photo by Ben Lowy

Essays Health Nonfiction Travel Utrinque Paratus

Armchair Adventures (pt. II)

July 15, 2022

"Senegal's Beating Heart" by Jim Benning

Essays Journalism Music Travel Utrinque Paratus

Armchair Adventures (pt. 1)

July 1, 2022

"The Philosophy of Composition" by Edgar Allan Poe

Essays Philosophy Poetry Utrinque Paratus

The Philosophy of Composition

June 24, 2022

I'll Take My Stand, with "The Briar Patch" by Robert Penn Warren

Essays Race Utrinque Paratus

Robert Penn Warren (pt. II)

April 22, 2022

The Journalist and the Murderer by Janet Malcolm

Art Essays Ethics Journalism Nonfiction Utrinque Paratus

The Journalist and the Murderer

June 25, 2021

Self Help by Lorrie Moore

Essays Feminism Fiction Humor Short Stories Utrinque Paratus

How to Become a Writer

June 18, 2021

"The Me Decade" by Thomas Wolfe and "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson

Essays History Journalism Nonfiction Politics Utrinque Paratus

The Me Decade / Fear and Loathing

June 11, 2021

Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

Essays Feminism Journalism Utrinque Paratus

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

May 14, 2021

Arts Magazine "Broom" from November 1921

Essays History Poetry Short Stories Utrinque Paratus

Looking Back … A Century or Two

January 1, 2021