by Laila El-Sissi | Jul 11, 2019 | Issue No 4, Nonfiction, Read
Fate Knocked at My Door By Laila El-Sisssi ; That evening while the sun prepared to set, we followed the daily mealtime routine. Around the dining table, we settled into the seats our father had assigned. With Rawyia to my right, I sat as rigid and brittle as an old...
by cinderq | Jun 1, 2019 | Nonfiction, Read
Leonardo Drew’s “City in the Grass” By Paul Joseph Walsh ; This week Jeff Bezos agreed to purchase three apartments at 212 5th Avenue in Manhattan for approximately $80 million. There isn’t much to do with information like that other than say, ‘wow, that’s a lot of...
by cinderq | May 24, 2019 | Nonfiction, Read
If It Ain’t a Pleasure It Ain’t a Poem—A review of John Wick Chapter 3 by P.J. Walsh ; He had written, in letters that had not quite jelled yet, the single word “Delighted.” The Matron of Honor, reading over my shoulder, gave a sound faintly like a snort,...
by cinderq | May 23, 2019 | Issue No 3, Nonfiction, Read
Travel Musings By Paul Walsh ; Why do we travel? My great-great-grandparents traveled to America from Ireland because of the potato famine. That was a pretty good reason; no point in hanging around the old bog when there’s nothing left to do but starve to death. My...
by cinderq | May 13, 2019 | Issue No 3, Nonfiction, Read
Habibi By Rebecca Kiswani ; Melissa’s age never stops her from getting what she wants. She started smoking when she was eleven. A year later she went to parties with her brother, confiscated keys from drunk people and drove them home in exchange for ten dollars. Now,...
by cinderq | May 3, 2019 | Issue No 3, Nonfiction, Read
Understanding Wealth No Matter How Much Money You Have By Anne Butcher ; Most people, myself included, would not randomly pick up a book on wealth management. A lot of us don’t consider ourselves “wealthy” and therefore the book doesn’t apply to us. However, I...
Chinatown – Dissecting the ScreenplayIn Featured Story, Nonfiction, ReadIn what a lesser film would treat as a forgettably functional, utilitarian scene in service of the next story beat, Towne infuses with situational humor, interpersonal politics, colorful character beats and mundane yet identifiable and immediately relatable stakes--on top of a stirring cornerstone revelation.
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