Appetite for Inquiry

Essays on power and desire, and the systems that sustain them.

By April Miles

· Launched 7 months ago

At the Bottom

An Appalachian Gothic about when everyone knows, but no one intervenes.

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Papertown Strong

I know something about structures that continue to dictate terms long after they’ve stopped producing what they promised. It doesn’t happen with a…

Jun 16 • April Miles

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Odds and Ends

As children, we are taught to endure uncertainty. As adults, we learn to endure certainty.

Jun 13 • April Miles

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Don't Touch the Holy Thing

It’s the writer’s notebook, the artist’s sketchbook, the mechanic’s garage, the grandmother’s recipe box, the mathematician’s proofs.

Jun 11 • April Miles

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Fuck Your Boulder

Obstacles don’t always produce the thing we think they’re producing. Sometimes you have to refuse to build a personality out of it. Fuck the boulder.

Jun 9 • April Miles

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The Committee

The committee never reaches consensus. It merely adjourns until morning.

Jun 5 • April Miles

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The Room

He studied me intently, and gestured toward it again. "Because that belongs to me."

Jun 1 • April Miles

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unlovable

a midnight confession

May 28 • April Miles

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Appetite for Inquiry

Essays on power and desire, and the systems that sustain them.