"Give Me a Strawberry Cockroach" is the first article in our 2023 special issue on laughter and tells a story of Japanese language learning and performance.
"This is my childhood memory of realizing the power of laughter when everything interior and exterior makes me scared."
I wrote a study of my own faith, bankrupt as it may be, using story of my father, through the lens of Jewishness as I define it for myself.
This is a love letter to my people, my family and a version of me trying to overcome the trauma of almost seeing their mother die.
What this essay tries to capture is both the wonder and the inherent horror in potty training.
What happens when a witch is black? This piece is a salute to the transformational beauty of cosplay & all the laughter it inspires.
This artwork is based on a startling and memorable encounter at the local vet while attempting to get Anaïs spayed.
This piece recounts a trip I took to the Czech Republic and it is proof that language barriers similarly embolden people to speak cruelly.
is an essay about the way technology can intrude and obscure what may be our most important human experiences
This work is part of a larger ethnography of scars, one that addresses the intersection medicine, religion, and body politics in (among other places) Nebraska.
However, this autoethnographic piece helped me recognize the importance of levity even when the intellectual content is heavy.
Humor acts as a defense mechanism, a pressure release valve, a teaching tool. As a heart surgeon, I have used laughter for all these reasons.
