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Dispatches from Fresno, 1918-19: Following the ‘Spanish’ Flu Pandemic in Real Time, Part VI

Masks were certainly controversial. In San Francisco, a deputy health officer had shot and severely wounded a man who refused to don one.

Radiohead’s 21st Century Soundtrack

OK Computer was the Sgt. Pepper of a generation with diminished expectations.

The Great Army of the Sick

Walt Whitman gives us a window into the ways that Americans once dealt with unmanageable tragedy.

Dispatches from Fresno, 1918-19: Following the ‘Spanish’ Flu Pandemic in Real Time, Part V

As Fresno moved into the fourth week of its influenza outbreak, the situation appeared increasingly dire.

Getting the American Dirt on the Tiger Mother – or What Asian Americans Can Learn From Latinx Writers about Challenging Misrepresentation

Why are certain stories and storytellers amplified while others are ignored or silenced?

Dispatches from Fresno, 1918-19: Following the ‘Spanish’ Flu Pandemic in Real Time, Part IV

As Fresno entered the third week of the flu pandemic, health officials scrambled to convince residents to take it seriously.

The Non-Tactile World

Reach out and don’t touch someone.

The State of Air: Breathing in These Difficult Times

In the age of coronavirus, the state is strangling all of us.

Dispatches from Fresno, 1918-19: Following the ‘Spanish’ Flu Pandemic in Real Time, Part III

As Fresno entered the second week of the influenza epidemic, all eyes were on the…

Rethinking the Creative City with Julian Chambliss

While working on Brain Magnet, I got the chance to sit down for a chat…