AWAY is going on hiatus. These wonderful pieces send us off. Tim DeClaire, I Played for a Knight and He Showed the World J. Grim, 3 Views of Myanmar
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Jessica Grim Untitled [Myanmar.1] In their forgiven state flocks soar loose ideas riding currents only slightly tied to this or any life can you find it in your heart friendly reminders of
Tim DeClaire Last year, Anderson Cooper interviewed world-renowned natural history producer and author, Sir David Attenborough, for 60 Minutes. David was promoting his soon-to-be released book and a new documentary, A Life On Our Planet, for Netflix. As David explained
We might imagine a time Before the Pandemic: when travelers could move about freely. But travelers’ journeys were always limited, on the one hand, by what they brought to the journey, and, on the other, by how they were received
Jennifer L. Craig My brother went into hospice at the beginning of March. He died two weeks later. At the beginning of April, he was buried in the national cemetery. Then, as if in collaboration, the next months were marked
Mark Chesnut “No sir, you CANNOT have more peanuts!” the red-faced flight attendant shrieked, stabbing a furious finger into the air. “And no, I AM NOT going to give you a goddamned amenity kit. Sit DOWN sir, or I will
Lee Haas Norris The dandelions were everywhere. Our knuckles ached from gouging them out of cracks in the worn, cement driveway. At the sound of a Peugeot putt-putting toward us from the garage my husband Chuck and I skittered back,
Emma Zimmerman There is a freedom that only the road knows—the one-lane highways; the rolled-down windows; the misty lake air, brushing wind through your hair. There is a loneliness that only the road knows—the smallness of you; the vastness of
Benjamín López Díaz ‘’When will all this end?’’ Since March, that’s the question that starts most conversations here in my small hometown in Chile. It seems to be that the pandemic has become almost the only topic to talk about.
Auden Friedman I am singing Bob Dylan from a treetop. “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go.” This is not normal behavior for me. I have always been a singer, and I used to be a tree climber, but
