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Watching the MCU (And Trying to Enjoy It)

by Mitchell Barbee | Nov 23, 2021 | Grand Rapids

It didn’t matter if half the cast was snapped away by Thanos—they’re all going to come back anyway.

Twin Babies and Workplace Anxiety: A Guide to My Favorite TikTok Creators

by Kayleigh (Fongers) Van Wyk | Nov 22, 2021 | Placeless

I fully expected to delete the app after about a week. But I didn’t bail; instead, I became addicted.

(The Better) Half of Dune

by Emily Joy Stroble | Nov 21, 2021 | Placeless

It does manage to pass the Bechdel Test, but the Bechdel test isn’t exactly a trial by Gom Jabbar.

Gloom and Doom

by Chad Westra | Nov 20, 2021 | Washington

As the days have steadily gotten shorter, darker, and wetter, the creeping presence of death has seemed to constrict tighter around my periphery.

The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of Chaos Lillie

by Lillie Spackman | Nov 19, 2021 | Placeless

I don’t quite remember how we came up with the name Dusty Kevin, but it had something to do with mispronouncing Dostoyevsky while making enough pierogies to feed an army.

Jes Grew Vegetables, and Sometimes I Helped

by Ben DeVries | Nov 18, 2021 | Placeless

Sometimes opacity can be an ethic.

Too Much Wes Anderson: A Review of “The French Dispatch”

by Laura Sheppard Song | Nov 17, 2021 | Placeless

The French Dispatch has such a high concentration of Wes Anderson per Wes Anderson that it should be considered legally toxic in the state of California.

Acknowledgments

by Katie Van Zanen | Nov 16, 2021 | Ann Arbor, Boston

I like imagining an entire life from a list of names, suggesting weeks and weeks of research team meetings and emails and happy hours.

I Don’t Feel Like Cooking Tonight

by Courtney Zonnefeld | Nov 15, 2021 | Placeless

I often struggle to admit when I’d rather be anywhere but the kitchen.

Quittin’ Time

by Finnely King-Scoular | Nov 14, 2021 | Placeless

There’s a difference between dusting yourself off and staying down because your leg’s broken.

The Lasso Special

by Olivia Harre | Nov 13, 2021 | England

The balance at the end of the day always tilts towards good.

Album Review: I Don’t Live Here Anymore

by Klaas Walhout | Nov 12, 2021 | Placeless

Spending hundreds of hours in the studio, fine-tuning and unapologetically reserving final say in every creative decision, Granduciel is known as an obsessive.

Trail Talk: Haikus from the Manistee River Trail

by Lauren Cole | Nov 11, 2021 | Michigan

heads tilted back:
pinpricks of sky fire.

How I Accidentally Became a J-pop Fan

by Philip Rienstra | Nov 10, 2021 | Placeless

I played my way through hundreds of songs and grew intimately familiar with the contours of songs that I couldn’t so much as remember the title for.

Nail Polish Comfort Zone

by Gwyneth Findlay | Nov 9, 2021 | Placeless

After my team’s crushing defeat, I gave up nail art.

Soundscapes

by Josh Parks | Nov 8, 2021 | Placeless

Notes are like quantum particles, emerging and colliding and disappearing without leaving a trace.

Kilted Dance Party

by Susannah Boersma | Nov 7, 2021 | New York

Of all our show weekend traditions, that one ten minute spurt was definitely my favorite.

Haikus for Phoebe, A Dog of So Much Mischief, But Also Fur and Love

by Ben Orlebeke | Nov 6, 2021 | Placeless

You are the longest
bear and/or pup in the world
Or at least this block

The Last Car in the Parking Lot

by Alex Johnson | Nov 5, 2021 | Michigan

A part of me always knew the place wasn’t the right fit.

Making Room

by Comfort Sampong | Nov 4, 2021 | Placeless

You couldn’t take me anywhere as a kid.

Lifetimes: The Gifts My Father Gives

by Ansley Kelly | Nov 3, 2021 | Placeless

Then there’s hunting, and the days that dad would pull us out of school for a “family emergency” so that we could chase after dogs who chased after pheasants and then watch as their iridescent feathers caught the autumn sun.