Welcome to Cairo! Where Is Your Wife?
In Egypt, most displays of man-on-man affection aren’t what you might think
Read MoreOctober 2006
Marci McDonald explores Stephen Harper’s connections to the religious right; Andrew Clark mourns tennis’s lost art of rushing the net; Taylor Owen and Ben Kiernan provide an exclusive look at the shocking intensity of the US bombing campaign in Cambodia; fiction by Peter Behrens…
The Smell of Smoke
Green remembers the quality of sunlight on the afternoon he last saw Maggie, August 23, 1968, beside his parents’ swimming pool. It was late in the season so there was …
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Bombs Over Cambodia
New information reveals that Cambodia was bombed far more heavily than previously believed
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The Animals We Love, The Animals We Eat
Pets are family, but chickens are food products? A Quebec vet examines our two-faced relationship with animals
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Guerilla Frogger
An independent scientist sticks his tongue out at Costa Rican conservation efforts
Read More from Sinistrae/fragments
Bending Catullus drew the scent of the tomato plant towards us the strain of memory friendships serial exploits suspended his quiet breathless concern slid his left hand into the waisband …
Read MoreLife during Wartime
Even here on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, surrounded by wealth, beaches, and footloose summer fun, there is sadness, anger, and resignation. Lee Shorey — a fifty-two-year-old high-school teacher and mother of …
Read MoreA Billion Little Pieces
Illustration by Clayton Hanmer It was one of those days that fill you with hope and a sense of tristesse. They come often to this part of Provence, where our …
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