On interracial adoption in “post-racial” America

The novelist on the vivid life of Margaret Mead, a love triangle in the South Pacific, and the shared language of anthropology and fiction.

Lost and found in the femicide regions of the US-Mexico border

The former New York gubernatorial candidate on misperceptions of big government, the poetry of politics, and why “it would be a tragedy if [Hillary] ran in an uncontested primary.”

The literary agent on gatekeeping, the truth behind big advances, and why Amazon neglects the “humanity to good books.”

Plains Indians, Painted Hides, and the De-Wilding of the American West

Sam wants to see the Mississippi River at night. He has heard of Tom Sawyer and he looks for him in the faces of boys they pass.

“They’re back!” we hissed over our kitchen fences. “Someone’s got to stop them! Something must be done!”

back back back / to fowl becoming fish.

A mandrake quickens / into greed-grab, tears a page / from Genesis.