the A-Line: a journal of progressive thought will highlight, by way of the feature called “Convergence,” problems for thought and practice at least monthly, beginning with the launch issue of the journal. We will regularly solicit short pieces of writing from several of our contributors, contributing editors, as well as guest contributors on a common thematic that “Convergence” will advance as the problem to be taken up.
The issues we’ll offer up for analysis (from fables of freedom to climate destruction) are central to the progressive ethos of the journal. We invite readers to return to this page regularly to select from incisive essays, 1000 words in length, that engage these matters with clarity and precision.
Passport to Freedom
By Hortense Spillers
Down Freedom Road
By Rich Blint
Fabulous Freedom and the Needful Now
By Christopher Winks
The Hudson River: An Autobiography
By Charles Frederick
Freedom’s Changing Shape
By Jim Merod
Our United Fates
By Charles Bernstein
Future Grotesque
By Jim Merod
Sketches toward an independence day poem
By Gale Jackson