City Like Water Social Science is intrinsically sacred

is intrinsically sacred

art by Orpheus Collar

'immigrant literature

- An alien hovercraft to learn how an air hockey table works - Glow-in-the-dark paint to learn about ultraviolet light - Delicious ice cream to learn about supercooling - Oobleck to learn why ketchup is so hard to get out of the bottle

misfires in the workplace

City Like Water Social Science is intrinsically sacredThe city you grew up in is gone, as if sunk to the bottom of the ocean. So much has vanished with it classmates, teachers, counterfeit watches, the erotic toe cleavage that used to lead the way down secret passages. Yet you still catch snatches of conversation lingering in the air and glimpse sun dazzled residents retreating into dark crevices. People seem to keep disappearing. Your mother joins in a housewives' protest, each woman waving the fake,