Degenerate Art
Andrea Pitzer on politics and history, the Arctic,
and Appalachian exile. My aim is true.
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Border Patrol, ICE, and the repetition of grim history.
Links to the podcast! Plus, the most terrifying short story ever written.
The No Kings marches and what they mean.
The newsletter turned one today! What's happened and what's next.
Klein and Coates show that if you don't know what your core beliefs are, you're going to get played.
The challenge is bigger than the moment-to-moment crises.
Links to the podcast! Plus, Kara Walker and the resurrection of a monster as art.
Links to the podcast! Plus, a heroic battle with shoplifters. Sort of.
Why showing up matters and what it can actually do.
Links to the podcast! And what my mother and Donald Trump have in common.
The dangers of skating by on glibness and appearances.
On fighting pointless battles. An argument I got into onstage at the old 9:30 Club.
There's difference between analyzing a crisis and doing something about it.