The scars of war are everywhere in Kharkiv. Destroyed or damaged apartment complexes, stores, hospitals, museums, and…
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New Poetry from Shannon Huffman Polson: “On Orthodox Easter in Mariupol”
On Orthodox Easter in Mariupol We finished our jelly beans red and yellow, purple, green, the last bite of cho…
On the Subject of Walls
While it’s fallen off the news somewhat, one of Donald Trump’s most conspicuous campaign-trail promises was to build …
1917: Ukraine’s First Bid to be Independent
This February marks the 100 year anniversary of an event that transformed Europe, brought the US into WWI, and nearly…
Against NATO: The Other Side of the Argument
Since 1989-1991 when every country in the USSR or the Warsaw Pact (save Russia) jumped ship at the earliest oppo…
Last Week This Week 8-28-16
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Thoughts on the Zombie Apocalypse
A piece about who finds zombie narratives compelling and why.
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Berlin, and the Trip East
They’re rebuilding Prussian Berlin. Not exactly the way it was before World War II, but Prussia is unquestionab…
Curzio Malaparte: Great & Anonymous WWII Writer
How World War II gets remembered isn’t accurate, and for Curzio Malaparte, it's not even true. Not the …