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June 02, 2020 | Virginia Quarterly Review
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March 02, 2020 | Virginia Quarterly Review
Ill Nature
When the glaciers melted in Quispillaccta, Peru, an ancient cycle began again. Science tells us climate change ails the highlands; an Andean fable says it is the beginning of the end.
November 20, 2018 | Virginia Quarterly Review
American Origami: From Columbine to Parkland, Reading the Relics of Grief
Moving between the poetic and the forensic, American Origami closely examines the epidemic of mass shootings in American schools.
November 15, 2016 | Virginia Quarterly Review
What It Means to Be a Refugee in Germany
Five refugees in Berlin talk about what the label 'refugee' means to them
October 03, 2016 | Virginia Quarterly Review
San Salvador's Prince of Peace
San Salvador’s upstart mayor, Nayib Bukele, has promised a new way forward for a city besieged by decades of violence. His biggest obstacle, however, may not be the city’s gangs, but the city’s idea of itself.
July 12, 2016 | Virginia Quarterly Review
Central African Republic: The Fight for Chinko
In the ungoverned wilds of the Central African Republic, a group of young conservationists uses every resource it can muster—from technology to armed confrontation—to protect a vital habitat.
April 04, 2016 | Virginia Quarterly Review
Rwanda’s Start-up Generation
How young entrepreneurs are transforming their nation, from the capital to the countryside.
September 15, 2015 | Virginia Quarterly Review
Syria: What the Kurds Want
Syrian Kurds are trying to build a leftist revolution in the midst of a civil war. Is it a new Middle East, or just another fracture?
June 15, 2015 | Virginia Quarterly Review
The Guardy and the Shame: HIV and the Jamaican Church
A multimedia exploration of HIV/AIDS, homophobia, and the church in Jamaica, featuring a short documentary and a series of video poems.
April 02, 2015 | Virginia Quarterly Review
Mexico and China: An Ocean Apart
Two forces threaten the sustainability of sharks—fishermen in developing countries like Mexico and consumers in China. Both seem unstoppable but both will have to change if sharks are to survive.
January 15, 2015 | Virginia Quarterly Review
'When We Pray' and Other Poems
"When We Pray," and other poems by Kwame Dawes from his and Andre Lambertson's reporting investigating the experience of living with HIV/AIDS in the Christian Church in Jamaica.
January 06, 2015 | Virginia Quarterly Review
The Theater Tsar: Art and Politics in Occupied Crimea
Two performances seem to be taking place in parallel: one inside the theater with actors, and another in the streets outside with soldiers in green balaclavas and no recognizable insignia.