Author jhiblog
by guest contributor Dr. Cat Moir It is difficult to talk about utopia and be taken seriously today. The utopian imagination—that mode of consciousness that envisions ultimate states of humanity or society, whether near-perfect or post-catastrophic—is everywhere in popular culture,… Continue Reading →
We’re taking a brief hiatus from our usual publishing schedule during this last week of 2019, but we’ll be back with the New Year. Until then, here are some of our most popular posts from the past year. Happy Holidays,… Continue Reading →
By Editorial Intern Rachel Kaufman In my previous essay, The Myth of la Llave in crypto-Jewish Poetry, I demonstrated New Mexican crypto-Jewish poets’ use of the myth of la llave (key) as a means to identity reclamation. Crypto-Jews Gloria Trujillo,… Continue Reading →
by contributing editors Anne Schult and Jonas Knatz
A Thought Experiment in the History of Travel By Editor Spencer J. Weinreich I seem to recall a history teachers in grade school telling us that in the Middle Ages, the average person never traveled more than seven miles from… Continue Reading →
