Author: Sofia Samatar

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The Voice of the City

The city speaks through its signs. Can you hear it? We Went Solar; So Can You. Mutt-urity Matters: Adopt or Foster an Adult Dog.

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An Attempt at Exhausting Court Square

Bowtie has finally entered the court!

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Tiller Strings: sales, rentals, repair, sheet music, accessories.

The Shadowy Street

The other day I was walking along College Avenue, a neighborhood I know well in all its seasons, when a perfectly unfamiliar house suddenly loomed up on one side of the street.

Desire Paths

The desire path doesn’t listen to me or you. It heeds a need. It responds to hunger. It is not exactly against authority; authority doesn’t figure in its calculations. It is not interested in the plan.

The Other Side

In the Friendly City, it’s worth noting, a dead end is not always dead to a pedestrian.

Second Spring

The perfection, the absolute perfection of a golden September day in the Friendly City.

Everyday Losses

They tore down the Virginia Theater and put in a parking lot. But you can still see, she tells me, in the brick buildings downtown, the outlines of former architecture, the shadowy shapes of windows that will never open again.

Why Here?

“I have a question for you,” he said. “Why do you live here?”

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