Magazine Issue

July 28, 2020

Two sides of a statue
Magazine - Your Land

Two sides of a statue

In a town in West Michigan, residents are trying to decide: Is Allendale Township’s Civil War statue an ode to the end of the war and the…

Kaylee McGhee White
Stalin’s chair
Magazine - Life & Arts

Stalin’s chair

A few years ago, I was in Gori, Georgia (the country, not the state), which happens to be the birthplace of Joseph Stalin, who is considered to…

Rob Long
A dearth of patriotic art
Magazine - Features

A dearth of patriotic art

Spirited, messy debates over who deserves to be remembered or honored in the public square are necessary parts of a functioning democracy. But when something such as…

Peter Tonguette
The Polish <i>Goodfellas</i>
Crime

The Polish <i>Goodfellas</i>

The King of Warsaw is the Polish version of Goodfellas. The first of Szczepan Twardoch’s novels to be translated into English, it follows a young man as…

James McElroy
Gone but not forgotten
Crime

Gone but not forgotten

In the movies and on television, the monomaniacal detective in pursuit of a cold case killer is not only a cliche but a visual cliche. There’s always…

Stefan Beck