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Jungle Writers David P. Kronmiller, Editor-In-Chief
Notes from the Jungle
Matthew Tullman, Current Events Editor
On current events.
Joyce Chen
Blogging from New York.
Tharuna Devchand
Blogging from South Africa.
J Lampinen
Our resident comic strip, Congo & Steve
Joanna Lord
Blogging on life, art and spirituality.
Jeremy Olsen
Director of Development emeritus and occasional commentator.
Dan Rickabus
On things musical.
Nicky Schildkraut
On poetry.
Plus guest writers and past staff, including Zach Fehst, Amy Reynolds, Aaron Vaccaro, Jae Day, Sarah Jawaid, Scott Martin, and Bronson Picket.
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It was never autobiographical. They said to write, I gave you up, out of love. Next door, the washer thumped in heat, and the other girls were embroidering in the kitchen, god god god.
Listen to Nicky’s own reading of this third of five movements in her “Subaltern Series”.
Her mouth is a disease,
Going down South on me,
I see as a child,
Something wild and obscene …
It was never allegorical. He stood in the center, slightly displaced from the others. One thinner leg, withered from polio. Thick glasses.
Listen to Nicky’s own reading of this second of five movements in her “Subaltern Series”.
A boy hurries to the grocery for fresh bread, but finds it already closed. Returning home, his father spanks him. The moral of the story is: It doesn’t matter if you hurry.
Listen to Nicky’s own reading of this first of five movements in her “Subaltern Series”.

Congo and Steve from creator John “J.” Lampinen of congoandsteve.com. This strip, on the theme of poetry: “Poetry Emotion.”
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This week in the Jungle we are searching for the truth about wealthy—what it means to be wealthy, how that differs around the world, and if and when wealthy people deserve to be treated differently than everyone else. Last week: poverty. Next week: big government.
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