“The asylum system is a rejection of anything that disrupts American universalism. It’s kicking people out who offer an alternative view of the world.”

Stephanie Wong
Originally from the Chicago area and now living in Mexico City, Stephanie Wong is a writer, editor, artist, and graduate student. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Review of Books. A contributing editor at Public Books, Stephanie accepts pitches for the magazine here.
Finding Black People in Antiquity: Talking the Future of Classics with Sarah Derbew
“It feels insensitive or dishonest to not acknowledge the ways in which our work is a part of a greater narrative.”
Finding Nowhere
What does the ancient world look like beyond Greece and Rome? Could imagining a collective human future start with seeing the past anew?