Essay

  • A Kashmiri village, swaddled in snow and ice

    My Father’s Sawmill

    By Feroz Rather
    July 20, 2020 Feroz Rather
    From the Family Album A writer born in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir reflects on how his older brother must have felt once the freedom to roam the apricot grove and streets of the…
  • A photograph of a multi-colored merry go round on the snowy ground outside of a school

    The Winners

    By Erica X Eisen
    July 17, 2020 Erica X Eisen
    Photo courtesy of the author Judging an English Olympiad in Kyrgyzstan, the author witnesses her native tongue “being sliced and slivered like a summer melon” while the…
  • A black and white photo of a crowd with a figure at its center who is blurred

    Hiding the Body: My Susan Sontag Story

    January 7, 2020 John Weir
    Adapted from a photo by Jake weirick on Unsplash Like a dead pop star, Susan Sontag left behind a lot of fans who claim they knew her. After the release last September of Benja…