Freeman's: California Sarah Sundin With nearly every other man

With nearly every other man in town married off

One of the world's leading literary critics

but nearly 125 years later

she will feel safe and loved

Freeman's: California Sarah Sundin With nearly every other manFrom immigration rights to climate change, California has been ground zero for the most crucial questions of our time. In a bravura essay, Rabih Alamdeddine remembers bartending during the worst years of the AIDS crisis. William T. Vollmann visits the Carr fire and discovers that gas masks are the new normal. Natalie Diaz describes growing up in the desert and remaking her body on the basketball court. Award winning journalist Lauren Markham revisits