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Issue.28

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Don’t Eat More Than Three Nectarines

  • Posted on August 30, 2018April 4, 2019
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KRISTINA A Nectarines were my first addiction. On my fourth birthday, in the hot South Carolina summer, my mom bought me four huge, ripe, and juicy nectarines. Despite her warning…
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Cocaine Codas: A Timeline of Drug References in Popular Music Lyrics

  • Posted on August 30, 2018April 4, 2019
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SWEDIAN LIE If you were asked the question “what genre of music has the most references to drugs and illicit substances in its lyrics,” what would you have answered? If…
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Interview with Brendan Quinn

  • Posted on August 30, 2018April 4, 2019
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NORA ROSENGARTEN In this issue, we talk to Brendan Quinn, a law clerk whose interests include intellectual property and food & beverage regulation. Brendan and I first met in college,…
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Up and Coming Down: A Story in Two Parts

  • Posted on August 30, 2018April 4, 2019
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JOE MADSEN Read Part 1 of this story, “Because Roddy Got High,” here. The grand old marble steps of St. Frank’s came into view, just one block away. A car…
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Because Roddy Got High: A Story in Two Parts

  • Posted on August 30, 2018April 4, 2019
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JOE MADSEN Roddy flicked the joint into the littered bush and realized he’d done nothing of what he said he would. Except get to the clinic that morning. But nothing…
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An Inquiry into the Multiplicitous Causes of the American Prohibition Movement

  • Posted on August 30, 2018April 4, 2019
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MICHAEL DONNAY Or, A Brief Meditation on Why Everyone Wanted You to Stop Drinking In the space of two months at the end of 1918 and the beginning of 1919,…
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Booze and Other Sins: The Story of Controversial Substances in Society

  • Posted on August 30, 2018April 4, 2019
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In this issue, we continue our conversation around food from our previous issue, Acting Hungry: Food for Thoughts on Performance, and explore the taboos of consumption, discussing the obvious performative…
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