Adam Carrington

Adam Carrington is a writer of journalism, essays, and literary fiction.

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The Fight For Ukraine

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I woke up on the other side of the Atlantic at 2 am. My phone was going haywire. Friends, former students, and colleagues all over Ukraine were sending me the same message. The bombs had started to drop. The port was on fire. An airport was on fire. The futures of Ukrainian women and men,

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Climate Crisis: “Let us continue to be led by science”

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In his opinion article, Adam Carrington urges us not to lose sight of the climate emergency and to channel our current reliance on scientific advice for the COVID-19 crisis into our daily lives as consumers to prevent environmental catastrophe.

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Following yonder star: She Owl

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"I pause now, and rewind 'Glass' several times to breathe in old memories that taste and smell like gold Marlboros. Flash cards of faces and streets are part submerged in the reverb of this music. I feel so much gratitude swelling through my heart."

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Hitchhiking from Leipzig to Copenhagen

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"Five Catholic Poles all ride to Switzerland for a Jesus meet. One Berliner going where I was coming from. He does this all the time, says that’s all it is: just a matter of time."

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1003 Nights: “Memoir of an Anarchist City”

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"Of course, Charlemagne couldn't destroy that Leipzig spirit: and neither would the Habsburgs, Napoleon, Hitler, or Stalin." (1003 Nights literary contest winner - mixed genre)

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Drifter in Leipzig: “arms reaching for the sky, like trees”

"That Drifter's 'Moonstones' can be found floating around the internet with only scraps of streams and downloads says more about that doomed scuffle for attention indie artists are facing than about the quality of the music itself - because from the first listen I was floored."

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