by Erik Richardson | Aug 26, 2014 | Magazine Article
Imagine what we might see if only we could build a warp field—a bend in the fabric of space-time—that would allow us to peer into the future. Might we see what we will have accomplished, and thereby bring back the knowledge gained from those accomplishments? What...
by Bruce Dethlefsen | Aug 20, 2014 | Magazine Article
when you diethis lady named alicebut probably karenwalks you across the street she’s wearing an orange stocking capwhite sam browne belt and black galoshesshe carries a stop signa giant red ping pong paddle she looks left and right then left againholds up her sign to...
by Margaret Benbow | Aug 20, 2014 | Magazine Article
I always wanted to be like the wild women in old movieswho have whole storm systems of electric hair,who are earthy and hotten things upand whose great talent is in letting themselvesgo, go, go. Oh, let it be me,Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnitywith her killer...
by Jenn Sauer | Aug 20, 2014 | Magazine Article
An Ellis Island tableau, Victoria mused, as she slowly snaked her way through the airport security queue. Except rather than remove hats to prove a louse-free head, these huddled masses shed their shoes—no plastic explosives in these Adidas!—each awaiting the official...
by Karen Loeb | May 27, 2014 | Magazine Article
“Always stirfrom left to right,”my mother saidmoving the wooden spoonthrough the chocolate pudding. After allGrandma stirredfrom left to right. Something to dowith gravitational pullmaybe the moonand the tides.Who knowswhat unseen forceshave caused...
by Jane Elder, Meg Domroese, Erik Ness | May 16, 2014 | Magazine Article
The year 1999 was a good one for advocates of clean energy in America. When the year began, only three states required their utilities to generate any electricity from renewable sources instead of fossil fuels. By the end of 1999, four more states had enacted...
