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Issue 14: Americana

July 2014

American Idols

Kara Shroyer·
Issue 14: Americana
I am five years old. Crisp white paper crinkles underneath me as I shift on the table. It is very... Read More

The State Bird’s the Meadowlark

Arielle Greenberg·
Issue 14: Americana
(Badlands, d. Malick, 1973) Hot, early suburb, still as the wedding cake in the freezer given over to the dogs.... Read More

Let Yourself Off the Hook

Erica Cantoni·
Issue 14: Americana
alone * For a collection of seasons, I saw a therapist every Monday night. In the winter, the street lamps... Read More

The Capital Dome, As Big As Life

Sarah Malone·
Issue 14: Americana
illustration by Brianna AshbyThe newcomer arrives with out-of-town clothes, and allusions to American political ideals rarely more than a few... Read More

Tumbleweeds and Lonely Roads

Kelsey Ford·
Issue 14: Americana
This world is black and white and simple. Tumbleweeds languish outside empty gas stations. Trucks rattle down the lonely road.... Read More

Into the Blue Again

Karina Wolf·
Issue 14: Americana
illustration by Brianna AshbyAt a recent gig at a New York ad agency, I sat with a 26-year-old creative producer... Read More

This American Boy

Tracy Wan·
Issue 14: Americana
What Richard Linklater captures in Boyhood is not the story of a boy growing up, but boyhood as identity—the edification of one small American dream. Read More

The Surface of Things

Matt Brennan·
Issue 14: Americana
“In my room, the world is beyond my understanding; But when I walk I see that it consists of three... Read More

Letter from the Editors

Bright Wall/Dark Room·
Issue 14: Americana
The July before my sixth-grade year—that strange ugly void between child and adolescent, discomfort and confidence, no and yes—my family... Read More

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