Then the Holes Spoke

This piece was submitted as part of Michael’s BA thesis on the history and inhumanity of solitary confinement. The piece touches on the complexity of solitary confinement, its effects on the human mind, and its mundane nature. Ultimately, the reader is  forced to ponder on the ramifications of solitary confinement especially its application in supermax

Chocolate Croissant Eaters Anonymous

Chocolate croissant eaters anonymous  May your passionate true purpose be revealed in your neurotic embryonic bypass, gas-mask placenta  I mean nothing by her yours I’s I mean eye like icecream No question  We’re not so different  We both go to school (in and out) It’s up to you to know purpose What butter, baby I’ll

Democracy’s Dilemmas: Ewa Atanassow in Conversation with Schuyler Curriden

This interview was originally published on Princeton University Press. How can today’s liberal democracies withstand the illiberal wave sweeping the globe? What can revive our waning faith in constitutional democracy? Tocqueville’s Dilemmas, and Ours argues that Alexis de Tocqueville, one of democracy’s greatest champions and most incisive critics, can guide us forward. Drawing on Tocqueville’s major works and

Six Meetings with White Flowers

When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest. The only thing that could spoil a day was people and if you could keep from making engagements, each day had no limits. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good