Tablets VII

1 They inscribed their lives on clay and moved away I hear the echo pulse by pulse 2 Some memories we chase like goats away from flowers, yet we wake one day to the wilted ruins 3 Let’s meet in the word forgotten from the dictionary, and breathe its air like the smell of the…

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Louis Armstrong Gets the Last Word on Louis Armstrong

Feature / October 30, 2023 Louis Armstrong’s Last Word Louis Armstrong Gets the Last Word on Louis Armstrong For decades, Americans have argued over the icon’s legacy. But his archives show that he had his own plans. Ethan Iverson This article appears in the November 13/20, 2023 issue, with the headline “Louis Armstrong’s Last Word.”…

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Solidarity Between BLM and Palestine Has Deep Roots

The Front Burner / October 30, 2023 Solidarity Between BLM and Palestine Has Deep Roots Black liberationists have long found kinship with the Palestinian cause, seeing a common desire to live free of violence. Kali Holloway Ad Policy (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images) During the racial justice uprisings of 2020, multiple murals of George Floyd…

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The Enigmatic Science Fiction of Djuna

Books & the Arts / October 30, 2023 Dissolve Into Nothing The enigmatic science fiction of Djuna. The Enigmatic Science Fiction of Djuna The radical visions of South Korea’s mononymous, pseudonymous, and officially anonymous sci-fi novelist and film critic. E. Tammy Kim Ad Policy Illustration by Lily Qian. This article appears in the November 13/20,…

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Portuguese police apologise to Madeleine McCann’s parents

49 minutes ago About sharing Madeleine McCann’s disappearance 16 years ago remains unsolved Portuguese police have apologised to the parents of Madeleine McCann for the way they handled the three-year-old’s disappearance. Madeleine went missing from a holiday complex in the Algarve in May 2007. A delegation of senior officers travelled from Lisbon to London earlier…

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