Daily Archive: September 6, 2020

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September 6, 2020

Sunday Morning! “Not Dark Yet”

Berit Ellingsen’s beautiful and enigmatic debut novel details a modern day hermit seeking to avoid doing violence on an alien planet- ours.

Peaky Blinders

Crime / Culture / Family / Feature / Fiction / History / ICYMI

September 6, 2020

F’n Rubes Who Shovel S***, or Virtuous Manhood

The Tommy Shelbys and Nucky Thompsons of the world are parasites on the real men who make the world go round.

John Kelly

2020 Election / American Politics / Feature / Politics

September 6, 2020

John Kelly Doesn’t Owe Us Anything

The maelstrom surrounding President Trump’s alleged comments about troops has been brought to bear on a man who spent most of his life as one

Clare Briggs / Comics

September 6, 2020

And Then He Gave Up Prize Competition

Participation trophies, country club edition.

Editor Picks

Weekend Plans Post: Pantherine Vandals

March 27, 2025

James Joyce's Ulysse

POETS Day! On James Joyce’s Ulysses with a Few Poems Thrown In

October 6, 2023

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