rakemag There are basically three kinds of poets. There’s that guy at the coffee shop who’s in need of a personal hygiene care package from the International Library of Poetry. There’s that tortured woman in Iowa who’s won so many big-buck fellowships and grants that her very existence tortures fellow poets everywhere. And then there’s the … Read more
There’s a certain cult of pastrami that takes people on a global search. For many, the journey begins at a New York deli, but from then on, it’s usually a sad undertaking, as each new pastrami sandwich moves further from the true form. Enter Louie’s Habit and–oh my–a new standard. Louie’s pastrami is cooked slowly … Read more
Marriage is a bit vague, isn’t it? Unless you have a lawyer write your vows, the actual terms of the agreement aren’t really spelled out beyond love and cherish. Who has to clean the bathroom? Whose last name does the dog take? In William Somerset Maugham’s witty, subversive 1920s comedy The Constant Wife, the spouse … Read more
LANDMARK: 24 Hours at the Stone Arch Bridge Sunrise August 27 to sunrise August 28, Stone Arch Bridge How do you say “I love you” to a 2,176-foot span of metal and stone? Six local artists decided the only way to pay proper tribute to the architecture, culture, and history of this 1883 landmark, as … Read more
Bob Sater, of Apple Valley, writes: This picture was taken in a solitary confinement cell on Ile Royale (Devil’s Island) French Guiana. It was in the upper 80% humidity with the temperature in the low 90’s. Author(s) and Location: Bob Sater
Centro de Justicia Author(s) and Location: John Kremer and Jennifer Young
Janella and Adam write: On a recent trip to Playa del Carmen for our friends wedding, we brought along our February issue of your magazine to read on the beach. I think our friends got a big laugh out of the fact that we wanted them to take our picture reading The Rake so we … Read more
Safari in Kruger National Park, South Africa. “That’s a giraffe in the background!” Author(s) and Location: Barb Aretz, Karla Sand, Ann Seifert, Donna Stohlmann
Loren, Sarah, and Jane Benson Turner at Mayan ruins in Tikal, Guatemala. Author(s) and Location: Loren, Sarah, and Jane Benson Turner
Is Matthew Barney the George Lucas of art film? He devoted years of painstaking toil to a cycle of films, completing them, as Lucas did with the Star Wars franchise, in nonsequential order. They are also populated with exotic creatures, some of whom might not be out of place in a Star Wars flick. But … Read more