May 2016 - The American Mag

Dreaming in Inupiaq

By Shaula Villadoniga | May 31st, 2016

Teen wanderlust is normal, but being a teen in an indigenous minority poses a more intense set of challenges.

In one small Tuscan town, knowing what traffic lights mean is a laughing matter.

How a gift given in passing became a creation capable even of rekindling a love affair — with a city.

With the expanded format now including a few hungry minnows, expect a rollicking ride through Euro 2016.

Time is running out for taxpayers trying to elude the IRS's tightly stitched FATCA net.

Home transformation shows can be comfort food, but the "real" reality can taste bitter.

Don DeLillo's latest future-sprawl, cryonic freezing included, doesn't quite know what it most wants to say.

In 1970, talk of death intruded on a butterscotch sundae, but for good reason.

Donald Barthelme's controlled zaniness helped paved the way for the likes of George Saunders and China Miéville.

Ben Wheatley's adaptation of a 1975 J.G. Ballard parable is beautiful to look at but dated in spirit.

Every year, Umbria blesses its hard-working tractors. Thankfully, it doesn't eat them.

Rightist movements are beginning to find a home on the center stage of global politics.