Table of contents
Introduction 0 Why Write for the Public? 1 What to Expect, from Pitch to Publication 2 How to Write a Pitch 3 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 1: Structure 4 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 2: Style 5 Navigating Ethics and Reducing Harms 6 Habits of Thriving Public Anthropologists 7 Cultivating the Craft of Writing 8
Table of contents
Introduction 0 Why Write for the Public? 1 What to Expect, from Pitch to Publication 2 How to Write a Pitch 3 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 1: Structure 4 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 2: Style 5 Navigating Ethics and Reducing Harms 6 Habits of Thriving Public Anthropologists 7 Cultivating the Craft of Writing 8
Snapshots of Losing Jenna

An anthropologist offers a lens on how losses from war dramatically alter a family—and a society. ✽ BEFORE I FORMALLY…

What Vietnam’s Scarred Lands Reveal About Modern Warfare

Fifty years on, Vietnam is still reckoning with the long-term ecological toll of U.S. warfare—a grim warning as Israel and…

Why Do Swallows Fly to the Korean DMZ?

An anthropologist discovers diasporic flights—including her own—that begin at and return to the waters of the demilitarized zone between North…

When Wartime Plunder Comes to Campus

An archaeologist considers whether students should learn from antiquities looted from Iraq. ✽ IN 2022, the Art Crimes Division of…

Ceasefire From the Earth and Sky

The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) along the border of North and South Korea is the site of the longest ceasefire in…

Passing Notes

The speaker of a poem refuses linguistic erasure, passing secret notes with untranslated lines in Korean—keeping the language alive during…

Heaven on Earth and Jesus Is Palestinian

A poet calls readers to act in the face of interconnected violence, exploitation, and privilege. “Heaven on Earth” and “Jesus…

The Battle to Protect Archaeological Sites in the West Bank

An archaeologist from Palestine is urgently working to assess archaeological sites in the West Bank devastated by destruction and looting…

An Order for My Backpack and Three Stages of Nowhere

A poet moves through rituals of silence and erasure that permeate the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. “An…

Unwrapping Operation Christmas Drop

An anthropologist takes a critical eye to a long-running holiday tradition: a U.S. military mission that drops toys and supplies…