Don’t Eat More Than Three Nectarines
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…
Issue.28
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Cocaine Codas: A Timeline of Drug References in Popular Music Lyrics
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…
Interview with Brendan Quinn
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,…
Up and Coming Down: A Story in Two Parts
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…
Because Roddy Got High: A Story in Two Parts
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…
An Inquiry into the Multiplicitous Causes of the American Prohibition Movement
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,…
Booze and Other Sins: The Story of Controversial Substances in Society
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…