Did she even graduate? Kevin will ask me later, when it’s just us, slumped on our flight back home.

By Celeste Chen
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In resistance, we are at the neck of injustice, holding our breath, proving our matter.

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A handful of lessons on saving the world

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ただ空気が得体の知れぬ巨大な獸の吐息のようにねっとりと重たかった。| Only the air was heavy and moist, like the breath of an enormous, mysterious beast.

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Climate change and development threaten the indigenous fisherfolk communities of Mumbai

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ياق، توختاڭلار! بۇ بۇغداي سېلىقى توغرىسىدىكى سۆز ئەمەس، مانا بۇ يەردە باشنى يە، دەپتۇ |
“No, stop it! This isn’t talking about a tax on wheat, look, it says bashni ye here, that’s ‘eat your head.’”

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Most of us who love the past live among what remains.

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By throwing myself headlong into the awkward and frustrating experience of writing sex, I am ceding control of my narrative.

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The “New Society” had its own tricks. Billions disappeared from the nation’s coffers, clowns filled legislative positions.

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The United States would support the Marcos dictatorship disguised as a “constitutional coup d’etat”

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We walked uphill where tall cogon grasses were already starting to don their silver shade.

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A familial haunting returns a Palestinian writer to Arabic.

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How has climate change changed the way we write poetry?

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Every nonhuman living thing is held captive by our actions.

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On translators’ labor and invisibility

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The groundbreaking art and visual vocabulary of Chitra Ganesh

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自分が国民になりたい国家とはどんな国家か? |
What kind of state would I want to belong to as a national citizen?

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Neil Doloricon’s art centered farmers, workers, underground revolutionaries, and those on the margins

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Creating a life in the shadow of the martial law years

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It was Imelda as much as Ferdinand who brought about the country’s ruination

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The Marcoses have always been the masters of myth-making

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In resistance, we are at the neck of injustice, holding our breath, proving our matter.

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A familial haunting returns a Palestinian writer to Arabic.

Essays

A handful of lessons on saving the world

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How has climate change changed the way we write poetry?

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ただ空気が得体の知れぬ巨大な獸の吐息のようにねっとりと重たかった。| Only the air was heavy and moist, like the breath of an enormous, mysterious beast.

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Every nonhuman living thing is held captive by our actions.

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Climate change and development threaten the indigenous fisherfolk communities of Mumbai

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On translators’ labor and invisibility

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ياق، توختاڭلار! بۇ بۇغداي سېلىقى توغرىسىدىكى سۆز ئەمەس، مانا بۇ يەردە باشنى يە، دەپتۇ |
“No, stop it! This isn’t talking about a tax on wheat, look, it says bashni ye here, that’s ‘eat your head.’”

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The groundbreaking art and visual vocabulary of Chitra Ganesh

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Most of us who love the past live among what remains.

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自分が国民になりたい国家とはどんな国家か? |
What kind of state would I want to belong to as a national citizen?

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By throwing myself headlong into the awkward and frustrating experience of writing sex, I am ceding control of my narrative.

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Neil Doloricon’s art centered farmers, workers, underground revolutionaries, and those on the margins

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The “New Society” had its own tricks. Billions disappeared from the nation’s coffers, clowns filled legislative positions.

Essays

Creating a life in the shadow of the martial law years

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The United States would support the Marcos dictatorship disguised as a “constitutional coup d’etat”

Essays

It was Imelda as much as Ferdinand who brought about the country’s ruination

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We walked uphill where tall cogon grasses were already starting to don their silver shade.

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The Marcoses have always been the masters of myth-making