This month's issue

Announcements

05.14.2013

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03.27.2013

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01.15.2013

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01.08.2013

The Sun owes an apology to David Krieger, Leslee Goodman, and our readers. Click here to read more.

The Sun Interview

Swept Under The Rug Ai-jen Poo On The Plight Of Domestic Workers

by Anna Blackshaw

“Domestic workers . . . know when one of their employers would rather spend four hundred dollars on a pair of shoes than pay them a living wage, because they watch it happen. It’s a brutal reminder of inequality.”

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Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

Sundays With Hugo

by Ruth L. Schwartz

Different worlds, common tasks

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Mister Kim

by Brian Doyle

Behind the counter

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Joyous Blues God For A Day

by Saint James Harris Wood

Belting it out behind bars

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Sparky

by Heather Sellers

Flirting with disaster

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Fiction

Taking Care

by Linda McCullough Moore

What to do about Mother

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What Feathers Might Do

by Caryn Cardello

Six girls and a box full of chickens

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Poetry

The God Of Numbers and Eve, After

by Danusha Laméris
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Readers Write

Winging It

by Our Readers

In a classroom, at a work meeting, with a drug-addicted son

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In This Issue

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Sunbeams

When you go to work, if your name is on the building, you’re rich. If your name is on your desk, you’re middle-class. If your name is on your shirt, you’re poor.

Rich Hall

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Letter to the Editor

If you’re thinking about writing us a letter, give in to the temptation.

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