topic: violence

Sun, Sea, and Sex in a Time of War and Terror
December 15, 2014
Most people who move to Malindi, a small, sleepy resort town on Kenya’s coast, are exiles of one sort or another. The Italians, who form a...
blog
Ferguson is Haunted by James Baldwin
December 5, 2014
As Ferguson burned with a raw rage against racial inequality and institutionalized violence this summer, legendary black American writer...
blog
Documenting the Blank: in lieu of ISIL Violence
December 4, 2014
Recent beheadings of foreigners held captive by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have prompted several major media outlets...
Reportage
In the Heavens of Immortality
November 25, 2014
Soleimanieh, Iraq Try walking away from a refugee in need. He’d just been explaining to me how a muddy, overcrowded camp for the internally...
Reviews
And Yet, I Grew
November 18, 2014
The winner of the 2012 Kundiman Prize, Split is Cathy Linh Che’s debut collection of poetry. Split unflinchingly delves into trauma,...
Opinion
State Sanctioned Anti-Black Violence and the Deadening of Black Womanhood
November 16, 2014
It’s been harder than usual to ignore the devaluing of black womanhood in America. From video footage of a black woman getting knocked out...
Literature
Ring In The New
November 12, 2014
Was I ever young enough to want to go out on New Year’s Eve? Or even to want to just stay up until midnight so that the new year wouldn’t...
column
How Do You Write About Violent History?
October 21, 2014
Violence is a key ingredient of human storytelling: from our first oral tales, violent acts have heightened audience attention and...
blog
On Teaching Violence: Trigger Warnings
October 9, 2014
After the great "trigger warning" debate of spring 2014, this semester marks the first time many university instructors are deciding how to...