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Kari Cwynar: In her short text in this issue, poet Lillian Allen writes, “I remember a time when a person was as good as their word as a societal norm.” We asked Allen to write a short definition of “trust” – inspired by the anecdotal yet radically p

When I was growing up in Spanish Town, Jamaica, people had two different types of currencies in conducting commerce; you could pay in cash for something or you could trust it. “Mi madah sen’ mi fi trust a loaf of harddough bread and some butter ’til

C Magazine would like to congratulate Vince Rozario on winning the 2018 C New Critics Award. The award is designed to help develop and promote the work of emerging art critics. Now in its ninth consecutive year, this program gives C Magazine the oppo

The book begins with an “establishing shot” from Kathy Acker’s wake: her ashes fly against the wind into everyone’s faces. This is not the typical, omniscient tale of a star’s rise and fall. Kraus’ account of Acker’s life is constructed through count

Summer in London can be temperate, all cloud and shifting breeze, but sometimes it’s stultifying. Time becomes treacle and the city’s waterways bloom with algae’s chemical green. Extremity turns ominous. An oppressive atmosphere becomes synonymous wi