“Which is a more progressive goal — a world in which only thirteen per cent of black people (instead of twenty-four per cent) live below the poverty line or a world in which none of them do?” Walter Benn Michaels, an academic and literary theorist, poses this provocative question to force our consideration of whether…
Early this morning, the University of Chicago invaded and tore down the student encampment set up to protest the university’s investment in corporations and institutions that support Israel’s attacks on Gaza. University police removed the protesters, destroyed the camp, and cleared the ground. All that is left of are the outlines of the tents where…
I said goodbye to a friend this week. Not a human friend – a tree friend. When we moved into this building in 2005, the tree grew in the center of the courtyard. It wasn’t the largest or most beautiful. Even then, it was a bit misshapen. In the spring, it grew tiny, white flowers…
Entwining 