Journal of the Plague Years

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DEPT. OF MISSPENT YOUTH
The Unrecorded Oral History of One Night in Iowa
January 16, 2025
Dave Newman I woke from a delicate sleep to a hooker knocking on my truck window. It was late...
THE LEDE
Liar, Liar, L.A. is on Fire
January 19, 2025
Mike Madrid January 7th was my first day out of the house in weeks. I had spent the holidays...
Welcome to Tech Brotopia
December 22, 2024
J.P. Sottile aka The NewsVandal We are heading into new territory, folks. Elon Musk, who is, as...
The Geek Squad
December 22, 2024
Susan Zakin The first time many of us heard about Curtis Yarvin was right before the vice...
V is for Vendetta
December 10, 2024
Susan Zakin It was just an ordinary Monday. The New York Times tried to explain why some young...
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HOW WE LIVE NOW
Close Encounters with Los Pollitos
October 19, 2024
What Really Matters
October 9, 2024
Across the Great Divide
July 20, 2024
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THE FICTION ISSUE
Lawrence Osborne, MG Vassanji, Elizabeth Evans, Baba Badji
The Boatman
Lawrence Osborne For several years Hilal ran a boat hire out of Qantab beach, taking rich...
Everything There Is
M.G. Vassanji It was January 1972. Pakistan had recently, only the previous month, lost a...
Daniel Ellsberg's Psychiatrist
Elizabeth Evans The following extracts come from the novel DANIEL ELLSBERG’S PSYCHIATRIST by...
Madame Diawara
Baba Badji Chapter Eleven : Aunty Salymata After years, I finally found the courage to go...
MORE FICTION
TRUTH SPEAKS LOUDER THAN FACTS
Libertyville: The Mercenaries
In the novel, Libertyville, two young men, a British reporter and a West African coup leader form...
The Auburn Conference
Tom Piazza I had the idea for The Auburn Conference at the beginning of November 2018, driving...
WORLD
IT'S OUT THERE AND MORE INTERESTING THAN LIFE IN THE U.S.
The Endangered Species Restaurant
Colonialism 3.0
How Putin May Die
Greetings from Maasailand: America's Next Frontier
The Night Raids
ENVIRONMENT
(THE PLANET IS DOOMED, OF COURSE, BUT WE STILL CARE)
Two Questions for Olivia Hill
A Man Who Loved Unfenced Country
The Bronx Ad Guy Who Saved the Grand Canyon
Primitive of a New Art
THE DEAD
Stanley Booth's Backstage Pass
January 4, 2025
A Good Man is Hard to Find
December 29, 2024
That's How Good He Was
October 5, 2024
Maggie Smith
September 28, 2024
Death Comes for the Good, the Bad, and...
December 2, 2023
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BOOKS
Deliverance
Surrealistic Pillow Talk
On the Shadowbahn
POETICS
Rows of Desolation
November 17, 2024
To a Friend Whose Work Has Come to Nothing
November 7, 2024
The Yellow Swastikas
November 3, 2024
The Best of All Possible Futures
August 26, 2024
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ART
Border Cantos
First We Take Manhattan
Da Nang
Strange Days: The World is Still Beautiful
40 Days and 40 Nights in Buffalo
STORIES WE LOVE
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The Ecology of Fire
January 8, 2025
Furry's Blues
January 4, 2025
The Invisible Man
November 28, 2024
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LONG PLAYER
sometimes it takes more than a meme
The Secret Life of Peter Beard, Part One
The Secret Life of Peter Beard, Part Two
Who the F*** are the Boogaloos?
DREAMING THE PANDEMIC
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Is It Over Yet?
November 3, 2024
Storm Trooper Nightmares
October 17, 2024
Act Three
Paradise
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Journal of the Plague Years Fundraiser

"Hegseth looks like a national spokesman for roofies."

- Rick Wilson

DEPT. OF MISSPENT YOUTH

THE LEDE

HOW WE LIVE NOW

THE FICTION ISSUE

Lawrence Osborne, MG Vassanji, Elizabeth Evans, Baba Badji

MORE FICTION

TRUTH SPEAKS LOUDER THAN FACTS

WORLD

IT'S OUT THERE AND MORE INTERESTING THAN LIFE IN THE U.S.

ENVIRONMENT

(THE PLANET IS DOOMED, OF COURSE, BUT WE STILL CARE)

THE DEAD

BOOKS

POETICS

ART

STORIES WE LOVE

The Best of Substack & Elsewhere

Yes, we curate. But no table service.

LONG PLAYER

sometimes it takes more than a meme

DREAMING THE PANDEMIC

Send us your pandemic dreamsplaguejournal@gmail.com

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