THE SUN: Personal, Political, Provocative
Not So Different After All
Frans de Waal On Animal Intelligence And EmotionsBY MARK LEVITON
With the coronavirus we have another interesting issue: how we eat wildlife. Ecologists and conservationists have been saying for fifty years that we shouldn’t be eating everything on the planet.
Mama with her daughter Moniek, at the Royal Burgers’ Zoo, Arnhem, the Netherlands.
ESSAYS, MEMOIRS, AND TRUE STORIES
Out Of The Ordinary
BY KRISTOPHER JANSMA
I hand my wife the bag, and she finds the two packs of wet wipes. It is the happiest I’ve made her in weeks.
Seaside
BY JANELLE GRECO
When James is high, he is at his most affectionate. He becomes generous with hugs. He kisses my face all over, eyelids and all. I am ashamed that I like this about his addiction.
Sex After Death
BY BETH ALVARADO
I’d thought dating would make me feel less grief, but it was the opposite. I decided to delete my Match.com account and learn to masturbate. I had enough sadness in my own life.
Firebirds
BY ALYSANDRA DUTTON
After barre, Mme. Francesca follows me to the locker room and tells me I’m officially going to the Cupids dance program this summer and I just can’t stand it.
Already True
A Selection Of Poetry For These Times
BY VARIOUS AUTHORS
Falling for a firefighter, staying single, trusting someone with your cat
July 2020
Featuring Michael Pollan, Craig Childs, John Elder, and more.
Digging Up The Roots
BY JANE GOODALL
In this desecrated area, the women searching for firewood must dig up the roots of the trees they have long since cut down to make space for crops.
Sunbeams
To love another human in all of her splendor and imperfect perfection, it is a magnificent task . . . tremendous and foolish and human.Louise Erdrich, The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
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The Sun is such an elegant and vibrant site
I very much enjoyed reading the interview with Frans de Waal, On Animal Intelligence And Emotions, with Mark Leviton.
Enjoyed the interview
of the primatologist from the Netherlands. Thanks for posting this.
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Talking about THE SUN
Our talked about THE SUN video chat meets for the first time next week. After an ice breaking meet & greet ... this on going conversation will focus on the contents of the magazine. I hope it has legs.
Few are guilty, but all are responsible.”
― Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Prophets
Thank you
I've been reading the Sun all day. Never knew the site existed before you pointed it out. Thank you! I will be subscribing to it soon, I think.
If you're poor now, my friend, then you'll stay poor.
These days, only the rich get given more. -- Martial book 5:81, c. AD 100 or so
Nothing ever changes -- Sima, c. AD 2020 or so