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[kml_flashembed fversion=”9.0.0″ movie=”https://www.burnmagazine.org/ss_essays/hillaryatiyeh-inhotwater/soundslider.swf?size=2&format=xml” targetclass=”flashmovie” publishmethod=”dynamic” width=”800″ height=”551″] [/kml_flashembed] ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT Hillary Atiyeh In Hot Water   Water, the essential element within all living things… in perpetual motion. Heat, from the core of the Earth… springs to the surface. A journey of our body & our community in nature through an inherent interconnection with …

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[slidepress gallery=’brentfoster-hellhole’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Brent Foster Hell Hole: Living On Jharia’s Fiery Mines play this essay   I consider it hell on earth, literally. The smell, the smoke, the heat, the conditions. No human should have to live here, work here, grow up here, exist here, yet …

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[slidepress gallery=’davidplummer-maisondelachance’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls David Plummer Maison De La Chance play this essay   In the village churchyard there grows an old yew, Every spring it blossoms anew: Old passports can’t do that, my dear, old passports can’t do that. The consul banged the table and said, …

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[kml_flashembed fversion=”8.0.0″ movie=”https://www.burnmagazine.org/ss_essays/rodrigocruz-thepromisedland/soundslider.swf?size=2&format=xml” targetclass=”flashmovie” bgcolor=”#262626″ publishmethod=”dynamic” width=”800″ height=”551″] [/kml_flashembed]   Rodrigo Cruz The Promised Land Every year, thousands of Central Americans from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras illegally enter Mexico via the southern border with the goal of reaching the United States in search of a better life. The journey is long and full of …

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[slidepress gallery=’lorivrba-safekeeping’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Lori Vrba Safekeeping play this essay   Safekeeping: the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody. I’ve spent the last year exploring the desire to protect that which is, or is perceived to be, vulnerable or …

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[slidepress gallery=’dimagavrysh-uganda’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Dima Gavrysh Uganda’s Forgotten War play this essay   For over two decades a sectarian rebel group known as the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and its infamous leader, Joseph Kony, have been waging a war against the Ugandan people and government, burning villages, …

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[slidepress gallery=’michaldaniel-inyourface’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Michal Daniel In Your Face play this essay   Rules. “Don’t stare, don’t point,” said mom. 
”Ask permission before making pictures,” say others. That’s not for me. I want to get as close a look as I can, right in your face if …

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[slidepress gallery=’richardmarkdobson-cresthotel’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Richard Mark Dobson The Crest Hotel play this essay   editors note: this is a long essay…but, i think certainly worthy of discussion…stick with it…do not even start to watch this if you do not have a solid 15 minutes at your disposal….. …

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[kml_flashembed fversion=”9.0.0″ movie=”https://www.burnmagazine.org/ss_essays/markovaska-cityinmourning/soundslider.swf?size=2&format=xml” targetclass=”flashmovie” publishmethod=”dynamic” width=”800″ height=”566″] [/kml_flashembed]   Mark Ovaska City In Mourning   On April 3rd, 2009  Jiverly Wong, depressed by economic hardship and aggravated by his poor English language skills, walked into the American Civic Association in Binghamton, N.Y. and opened fire. Within moments 13 victims were dead. As news of the …

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