While I was staying at the Roosevelt in New York for a writers’ conference, courtesy of my dad donating his vacation points, I stumbled upon a U.S. Mail letter chute. It was showcased almost like a piece of art in between the various elevators in the hotel. I became curious about how this system was used, and how it came to be, so I did a little digging. Turns out […]
By Diane Van Hook Giant islands of plastic garbage are floating in the ocean right now. Within the five major ocean gyres, or large systems of circulating currents (North & South Pacific, North & South Atlantic, and Indian Ocean), plastic refuse that has washed out to sea has accumulated into ocean-made mobile islands of the stuff. The largest is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, whose minimum measurements put it between […]
By Melissa Johnson Despite humanity’s eager search for life outside of Earth, space continues to present itself as an inhospitable, frozen vacuum whose only sources of warmth and light are the countless stars scattered across the universe. It can be tempting to anthropomorphize these balls of fire, to project life elsewhere anyway, despite evidence to the contrary. A glance into a clear night sky reveals stars in many colors, depending […]
PY: Space is clearly an overarching theme in “A Lunar June.” Is it a frequently occurring theme in your other works? BH: This story, I suppose, marks the first time that I have written about space. I guess I always had the sense that a space story was going to sort of roil itself up in me – I especially think this when I consider the long nights watching the Northern […]
A poem by Jason Morphew about the state-sized islands of garbage in the oceans. Sometimes the things of which we rid ourselves take on lives of their own.
A creative nonfiction piece by Brandon Hansen styled as an email to a lost love, with a bit of Russian space history thrown in.
Poor Yorick: A Journal of Rediscovered Objects is pleased to announce a partnership with the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center in Mashantucket, Connecticut. The museum opened in the summer of 1998 near Foxwoods Resort Casino and is dedicated to both preserving and advancing the culture of indigenous groups of the northeastern United States, especially the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation. The museum showcases nine permanent exhibits and features a gallery […]