#andru okun

[stephenhilger]

Read “The Last Days of Lower Mid-City” by Andru Okun in The Gambit.

[thoughtportal]

For Wilson, whether an individual uses an air-conditioner is not the problem; rather, it’s the mechanisms in place that allow us to do so without giving it much thought. “The point is not to eradicate comfort,” he writes, “but to overthrow our definition of it, to question our threshold of discomfort, and to confront the fact that our comfort is contingent on the discomfort of others.” Of all the world’s weather phenomena, extreme heat poses the greatest risk: a 2015 heat wave in Pakistan, where few have air-conditioning, killed over one thousand people. Last week, Jacobabad in Pakistan’s Sindh province became the hottest city on earth when temperatures hit 126 degrees, hotter than the human body can handle. As the world warms faster than scientists’ grimmest predictions, air-conditioning will become increasingly essential to the preservation of human life—even as it continues to heat up the planet, putting the most vulnerable among us in even greater peril. Whether a more “sustainable” form or definition of comfort is possible remains to be seen.

[wearepioneerspress]

Andru Okun's excellent No Place for a Vacation, about leaving his "birthright" tour of Israel to volunteer at a refugee camp and participate in a rally against the Israeli occupation is back in stock. Find it at http://www.pioneerspress.com/

[badgirlnila]

The Tech World Is So Embarrassing by Andru Okun via Electric Literature https://ift.tt/3bUVAoo

[gnarlyasiwannabe]

No Place For A Vacation 2nd Edition Now Available

No Place For A Vacation by Andru Okun, cover illustration by Erin Wilson is now available in the store for $3 "details the complex weirdness of Birthright, the reality of everyday life in Palestine's West Bank, and the absurdity of tourism in post-revolution Egypt. There's tear gas, percussion grenades, food poisoning, and a car accident. It's sometimes funny. More importantly, it's honest. It's text heavy with a clean layout. "  BUY IT HERE IN THE STORE

[antiquatedfuture]

No Place for a Vacation

A Birthright trip to Israel turns into an extended head trip. Leading into the middle of the everyday struggle in Palestine's West Bank and attempting to be a tourist in post-revolution Egypt. At turns fascinating, intense, and hilarious, No Place for a Vacation is a zine epic that everyone should read. Highly recommended.

[erenkwilson]

So, I'm at a writing retreat with my editor. We're staying on a farm in rural Virginia, and one of the ways that I'm assisting him in return for his help is making him a website. In making his website, I came across a piece that he wrote for Neutrons Protons. I'm used to reading and proliferating more of his righteous articles that ruthlessly expose corruption in New Orleans. But this piece of his is extremely personal, and made me sad in the way that New Orleans often does.

Highly recommended.

[wearepioneerspress]

Also, also, also, follow No Place for a Vacation author Andru Okun tumblr!

http://andruokun.tumblr.com/

[wearepioneerspress]

Zinester interviews

Interview with No Place for a Vacation author Andru Okun here at the Best of New Orleans site.

Get a copy of the zine here.