How Dry Are His Lips That Water Floods Him in Nightmares
By Heidi Andrea Restrepo Rhodes. "The desert devours everything, even the expectation that it devours everything." …
Hung Lyres for Mohamedou Ould Slahi [AUDIO]
By Philip Metres. A poem for the Guantanamo detainee who wrote a book about his torture, Mohamedou Ould Slahi. …
Woman Mourning Son [AUDIO]
By Philip Metres. A woman in Iraq mourns her son, caught in the crosshairs of an F-16. …
No Man Left Behind (Minutes Without A Veteran Suicide: 65)
By Abigail Carl-Klassen. The impacts of war go deep, to a battleground of the mind. …
I always came to this café, then run by artists and anarchists, to read The New York Times
By Moira Roth. Reading the Times, ruminating on a lifetime of changing history. …