A Life Worth Living?
Just over five years after the untimely demise of David Foster Wallace, guest writer Isaiah Ellis revisits the underlying narratives of the other in ‘Infinite Jest’.
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Love in the Time of Statistics
Hammad Ali describes the unique frustration and delusion involved in being a Pakistani cricket fan.
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Dose of Humanity: A Young Syrian Doctor’s Remedy
Audrey Ryback writes of heroism in the face of possible imminent death in war-torn Syria…
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On Ordinary Affairs With Freedom
Guest writer Sadia Khatri writes of the social lies we tell ourselves and how different reality often is.
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Recounting Irregular Verbs and Counting She-Goats
Muhammad Umar Memon writes about the literary significance of the red light district and underbelly of a country like Pakistan, beginning with the country’s controversial author Saadat Hasan Manto.
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Agnostic Mind, Mystical Heart
Kent Monroe on understanding the universe without the explanations offered by organized religions.
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The Truth about Epilepsy
More a syndrome than a disease, this essay serves as a public service announcement.
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The Politics of Aesthetics: Steampunk
On the evolution of steampunk by Aaron Grierson
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