Roy Scranton‘s essays and fiction have appeared in the New York Times, Contemporary Literature, Boston Review, Prairie Schooner, and elsewhere. He is co-editor of Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War (Da Capo, 2013), and currently writing a book about philosophy in the Anthropocene. He can be followed on Twitter @Royscranton.
Spring 2014
Not the Man But the Shadow He Leaves Behind: Sinan Antoon’s The Corpse Washer
A car bomb explodes in a garage in Baghdad. Shrapnel and car metal tear through bellies, faces, and limbs.