Sorting the Self

The self has never been more securely an object of classification than it is today.

A, like, meditation on, like, words like “like.”

The histories and literatures of antiquity can help us address some of our contemporary ethical deficit disorder.

W.S. Merwin began by digging a hole.

Current Issue

Missing Character

Are we all in an industry? What happened to “occupation”?

The lack of cultural capital spurs a form of social begging intended to expand and upgrade the supplicant’s social network.

Were it not for this creative, constructive impulse, the fire next time would have burned this country down many times over.

Religion is more than the many ways in which it can be viewed.