May 2021 – Page 2

May 8, 2021 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Thomas Pynchon on History, Truth, “Living Inside the System,” Death, and More.

Happy birthday, Thomas Pynchon! 84, today! Here is Against the Day‘s Jesse’s school essay on “What It Means to…

May 8, 2021May 8, 2021 - Books, Reading, Small Presses, Writing

Happy Short Story Month!

May is Short Story Month! Every month is Short Story Month! Happy Short Story Month! Here’s a list of…

May 6, 2021August 29, 2023 - Birthday, Fiction, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: JFK Reconsidered, by Joe Pan

Happy birthday, Joe Pan! Celebrate by reading this fiction we published February 28, 2019! MCPPFER Doc *Message to…

May 5, 2021October 22, 2025 - Archives, Poetry, Reading, Writing

Day #1101, by Daniel Borzutzky

Day #1101 The hospitals are exploding in the middle of the city and they tell us The dead are…

May 4, 2021August 28, 2023 - Archives, Fiction, Reading, Writing

Centralia Mine Fire, by Sarah Blackman

We go here in the now. No need for fancy devices, no need for paperwork with its infinity of…

May 3, 2021 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Christine Schutt on Writing, Reading, Teaching, Sentences, and More

Happy birthday, Christine Schutt, who always magnificently dissolves the so-called boundaries between poetry and prose! Christine’s evocative, lapidary writing…

May 3, 2021 - Birthday, Fiction, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Four Fictions, by Osama Alomar

Happy birthday, Osama Alomar! Celebrate by reading these fictions we published in 2019! Explosions…Explosions Fathi is on the couch,…

May 2, 2021October 22, 2025 - Archives, Books, Reading, Review, Small Presses, Writing

Chrostowska’s Chrestomathy

By Jeff Bursey I am a bad animal, a black, broken, and lousy animal. I pull my driver behind…

May 1, 2021May 2, 2021 - Books, News, Reading, Small Presses, Writing

Most Anticipated Small Press Releases: May 2021

Happy May Day, that is, International Workers Day! Hope you had a chance to dance around a tree today, dance…