Essays published by San Antonio Review

A series of digital paintings designed to bring awareness to various mental illnesses.

A seiries of digital paintings highlighting various medical illnesses

"Plans were hatched and fantasies formed"

Tracking the crisis de agua in Montevideo, Uruguay.

"We walked through a lava field where no trees grew, nothing green"

Dispelling the Dementors of Grad School

The most tragic irony of all: the religious right professes brotherly love but looks to a prophet of hate and instruments of death for its salvation.

"The photo is shocking: A massive sea turtle lies dead in the back of a pickup truck, its speckled front flippers so big they stretched far beyond the width of the vehicle."

Elaina Foley ponders the queer possibilities of rot in disrupting articulations of preservation as care.

וּבָֽחַרְתָּ֙ בַּחַיִּ֔ים

The author of "The New Laws of Love" discusses the privatization of intimacy.

The Children of Auschwitz

“All art cheats. The honest cheat will tell you she’s cheating and you’ll love her for it anyway.”

A virtual exhibition.

Timeline of Irresponsibility: A Narrative — On Having No Idea What You're Doing — A Call for Texas Critical Theory

Baylor professor Mia Moody-Ramirez looks at Texas Republicans' attempts to limit discussions in schools.

The long history of the end of slavery.

“Diana said the days on the road would be cleansing.“

San Antonio Review's second Alternative History Lesson.

“I’ve never been to San Francisco.”

A Meditation on a Translation Work-in-Progress

“I begin as a twitch in my father’s groin.“

(The book, not the movie)

John Willingham looks at what's lost in the translation to film.

Berard on Lovecraft, Lehane and the Puritan Legacy

On the necessity of putting away rhetoric and rivalry.

Andy Boyd reviews Marilynne Robinson's latest novel, Jack.

Margaret A. Hagerman, sociologist and author of "White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America," says parents need to do more than talk to their kids to counter racism.

"A mule can only do what a mule can do. And that’s enough."

John Bonanni reflects on his children.

Reflections on the untimely passing of the Silver Jews' frontman.

Russell Arben Fox reviews Charles Marohn's Strong Towns for San Antonio Review.

The American counterculture's desire to live irresponsibly is reflected in Ishmael Reed's work.

Or, How Neoliberal Higher Education Funding Drove My Family into Bankruptcy

"Brian May’s journey is worth considering because he reminds us of how often we sell ourselves short."

I warned about this.

The future of our Postal Service is all of our futures

The past — and future — of the Social Democrats

Kimberly Tolson confronts racism in the family.

Dr. Russell Arben Fox’s follow-up essay on Charles Marohn’s Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity.

"A redhead when she was young, Winifred must have equated herself with the fox, the terrified object of the hunt desperately trying to escape the hunters."

An examination of post-#MeToo balances of power.

"Usually the primary challenge is staying awake. On that Monday night, the primary challenge was keeping my faith."

Bekah McNeel reviews Addicted to Reform: A 12-Step Program to Rescue Public Education.

Ryan Boddy talks process.

And that's a good thing.

Legalizing cannabis production in the U.S. South could revitalize state economies.

Battle of credit scores.

Kris Gage looks at What Love Is: And What It Could Be.