Dec 31, 2024 · “Reviving a Merion West tradition, I present here a list, though not a ranking, of some of my favorite articles that Merion West has published this year.”. R eviving a Merion West tradition, I present here a list, though not a ranking, of some of my favorite articles that Merion West has published this year. Although a hopelessly subjective exercise, it provides an opportunity to highlight ...

Dec 27, 2024 · Lalesh Aldarwish “The hand drops a fresh globe/into the scoured skull, secures breath upon/the hemispheric nostrils and stands back,/appraising…”

Apr 15, 2020 · (AP Photo/Michael Probst) “I recently met up with an old friend, a staunch Marxist, at a traditional Viennese café to catch up and talk about our political differences.

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Jan 22, 2025 · (Shane Kell) “ If a stranger comes around, if he’s wise, he will keep to the road and announce his business soon, clearly and loudly, then you’ll see what’s what. You’re not against him, but you’re not automatically for him.” M y father, whose namesake I am, was born in a makeshift cabin in a holler in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. It was called The Hainted Holler because haints ...

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Sep 23, 2024 · (Bruce Springsteen performs in Washington, D.C. in 2014. DoD News photo by EJ Hersom) “It is just Springsteen and his sparse vocals seeming to sing out into the empty expanse of the American West and its sprawling landscapes where hope—at least until the final track—is nowhere to be found.

Sep 29, 2024 · ZP Shumway “What stands out in Nakanishi is that she possesses an acute awareness of the root poetic traditions of her native islands and brings them forward with respect while also being influenced, as she herself professes, by poets such as Californian Gary Snyder—whose verse, like hers, is thoroughly immersed in the natural world.”

Jan 18, 2025 · “This mainstream acceptance raises a key question: If vitrification can preserve embryos and organs like kidneys, why wouldn’t similar principles apply to brain preservation of cryonics?” To be clear, for the purposes of this discussion, there are three important terms worth noting: biostasis ...

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