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Still Life

Photo by Veejay Villafranca, text by Lian Sing

Diversity Statement

By Gustav Parker Hibbett

Girls Like You

By Annell López

[To the noise of rain, pushing sleep…]

Dimitri Psurtsev, translated by Philip Metres

Henry Peck

Henry Peck writes about culture, technology, and human rights. His work has appeared in the New York Times, National Public Radio, Almirah, and elsewhere.
Deserts Essay ConflictMENA

In Egypt, the Drying Up of Dissent

By Basma Abdel Aziz, translated from the Arabic by Henry Peck May 7, 2018
Recounting the past of the Eastern Desert is my only refuge given the dire constraints of the present.
Commentary Arts & CultureHistoryMENA

Paul Bowles & the Music of Morocco

By Henry Peck December 23, 2016
The writer’s archive of traditional Moroccan music finds a new outlet.
Interview ConflictMENAPolitics

Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila Al-Shami: Mirror from Damascus

By Henry Peck September 22, 2016

In a war that remains unfinished, two Syrian-British writers acknowledge and affirm those whose stories and lives may be lost in its course.

Interview ConflictTechnology & the Future

Fred Kaplan: Signal Aspect

By Henry Peck May 26, 2016

Henry Peck interviews Fred Kaplan about the shadowy world of cyber war.

Interview Arts & CultureBodies & NatureLit World

Cynan Jones: Burrow Down

By Henry Peck August 3, 2015

The Welsh novelist on badger baiting, human resonance in the natural world, and why he holds his breath while writing.

The Boundaries of Taste Interview Arts & CultureClassEurope

Grayson Perry: Social Fabric

By Henry Peck June 15, 2015

Boundaries of Taste: The Turner Prize-winning “transvestite potter” on the taste tribes of Britain.

Essay Asia & OceaniaClimate & Environment

A Non-Place by the Sea

By Henry Peck and Meara Sharma December 23, 2014
When a storm destroyed Dhanushkodi, the government ordered it emptied. Fifty years later, we meet the people who stayed.
American Empires: Power and Its Discontents Interview

Ben Wizner: Pull Back to Reveal

By Henry Peck October 1, 2014

The privacy advocate and legal advisor to Edward Snowden on today’s surveillance empire.

The American South: On the Map and in the Mind Interview

Valerie June: Sound Medicine

By Henry Peck March 17, 2014

The “moonshine roots” musician on the magnetism of Southern music, learning to sing in church, and the timbre of the Tennessee landscape.

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