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Perfectly Made and Frighteningly Fragile: This Boy We Made by Taylor Harris
We must learn to see the divine even in our sorrow
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Getting Through It & Charting the Edges
Welcome to our themed “issue” for Mental Health Awareness Month.
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The Present in Its Most Vivid Colors: A Conversation with Ben Shattuck
What does a growth of new grass on a hillside in spring make you feel? Is it a mixture of nostalgia and hope? Or what does a distant mountain range wreathed in a crown of clouds make you feel?
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National Poetry Monday Day 30: Emily Jungmin Yoon
Celebrate National Poetry Month with new poems daily, featuring a variety of voices and perspectives in contemporary poetry.
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National Poetry Month Day 29: Maryam Ivette Parhizkar
Celebrate National Poetry Month with new poems daily, featuring a variety of voices and perspectives in contemporary poetry.
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May Spotlight: Letters in the Mail
Take a peek at some of the writers whose words will be arriving next month, and sign up before May 2nd to receive their letters.
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National Poetry Month Day 28: Antonio De Jesús López
Celebrate National Poetry Month with new poems daily, featuring a variety of voices and perspectives in contemporary poetry.
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Clock time has really lost all meaning: An interview with Jos Charles
Some work must be done up very close.
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“Do You Hearest?”: A Review of Ova Completa by Susana Thénon, tr. Rebekah Smith
Where are you, Susana Thénon?—which I think might mean: How does Thénon achieve something more than evasion and isolation with all of this wandering around? Does she land somewhere?—“In a room where if I am I’m not or I am…
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National Poetry Month Day 27: Andrea Abi-Karam
Celebrate National Poetry Month with new poems daily, featuring a variety of voices and perspectives in contemporary poetry.
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Announcing the June Book Club Picks
Though the temperatures may suggest otherwise, it’s time to start thinking about summertime reads. Our June book club picks are Night of the Living Rez, a debut collection of stories by Morgan Talty, and Refuse to Disappear, by Tara Betts.
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No Way to Avoid Things Mattering: A Dream Life by Claire Messud
The placement of a marquee tent at a party or the tension between the caterer and a housekeeper take on outsized importance.