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Dylan Ashton Smith

His essay "One Summer No Phone" led to an interview with an enviornmental expert, war correspondent, and Nevada Senator Dylan A. Smith lives in New York City.

Dylan Ashton Smith

A graduate of the University of Nevada, Smith's fiction and essays appear in Chestnut Review, X-R-A-Y, Farewell Transmission, and Vol. 1 Brooklyn, earning Pushcart and Best of the Net nominations. With Charlatan since 2017, his profiles of Newsweek's Janine di Giovanni; White House National Security Council's Victor Cha; environmental theorist Michael Shellenberger; and Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval proffer insight to the corridors of power and provide an eloquent third space in which to process the hope and promise of justice, liberty, and freedom.

Articles by Dylan Ashton Smith

Contributors · 18 October 2019

A Magnificent Catastrophe

The Election of 1800, Trump, and America's First Presidential Campaign

Pulitzer Prize winning author Edward Larson compares the first presidential race to the last, and explains why dirty tricks and a 2-party system are the synergy of democracy in "A Magnificent Catastrophe."

Contributors · 18 October 2019

North Korea: The Impossible State

Trump, Kim Jong-un, and the Dark King of the Korean Peninsula

White House Security Advisor Victor Cha pulls back the curtain on the Kim Dynasty and future of the Hermit Kingdom.

Contributors · 28 April 2018

Dispatches from Syria

Syria's War of Exile — Refugees, Proxy Powers, and the Human Cost

Newsweek's Janine di Giovanni arrived in Damascus at the onset of Syria's Civil War encountering a dictator, pro-democracy rebels, and refugee crisis at the crossroads of a multi-faith society.

Contributors · 16 March 2018

The New American Moment

Mexico, the Border Wall, Brian Sandoval, and the Crossroads of American Politics

Construction of the controversial Mexico—U.S. Barrier Wall has begun. Contributor DYLAN SMITH explores how DACA, Dreamers and Governor Brian Sandoval are informing the New American Moment.

Contributors · 9 May 2017

Break Through

From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility

From the death of environmentalism to the politics of possibility, contributor Dylan Smith sits down with Michael Shellenberger to examine the fallacy of environmental politics and the future of a sustainable economy in "Break Through."

Contributors · 28 February 2017

State of the Union

Trump's New American Moment and the Dynasty That Built It

"Meet the Trumps" follows one family from immigration to the White House. As the 45th President prepares his maiden speech to the U.S. Congress, Contributor DYLAN SMITH checks in at Trump Tower to listen in and learn the real State of the Union.

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