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Aging and the Carbon Imaginary

Consider aging as three overlapping progressions: the accumulation of risk, aging as deterioration, and aging as renewal. Aging disrupts life/non-life distinctions, what Povinelli calls geontology, in that aging is a property of non-living matter, but which extends to living matter through...
May 27, 2025
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Loneliness in the Laboratory

September 26, 2023
Apisit Kaewsanit
Once upon a time, in the bustling metropolis of Urbanville, there lived a remarkable young man named Mike.
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Candlemaker

September 19, 2023
Sohini Halder
First place winner of the Synapse Storytelling Contest for poetry.
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Reflections on the Past — Colorism, Self-Doubt, and Resiliency

September 12, 2023
Wynton Sims
Clinton is a small town with around 25,000 people. It is around 53% White and 40% Black, a pretty good...
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antiquity

May 23, 2023
Nina Djukic
if & when I am no longer mortal
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May 16, 2023
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you should know birth is not quiet. i want you to feel it.
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Primary Care

May 9, 2023
Nina Escueta
Our first visit nearly brings you to tears. I hand you a diabetes diagnosis. One full point too high on...
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Words in the Wind

May 9, 2023
Olasina Awe
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When am I?

May 2, 2023
Gabriela Canales
When am I alive? The ink line separating me from my mother Smudged by nature’s thumb
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The Visitor

April 25, 2023
Sonia Targ
Sorry, you can’t hang your hat here. So please, hold on to your headwear.
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