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August 22, 2025 - Birthday, Fiction, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Two Fictions, by Michael Martone

Happy birthday, Michael Martone! Celebrate by reading two Martone fictions we published in 2019! They were subsequently published in The…

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August 16, 2025 - Featured, Fiction, Reading, Writing

Dead Hare Explains, by Chris Vaughan

“A dead hare appears, just like in a fairy tale…” —Joseph Beuys   You might know me as Joseph Beuys’s…

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August 7, 2025August 7, 2025 - Art, Featured, Fiction, Videos

Some Chairs at the Art Museum, by David M. Sheridan

 

August 1, 2025 - Featured, Fiction, Reading, Translation, Writing

Tribute to the Killer, by Michel Vachey

Translated by S. C. Delaney and Agnès Potier   Slack waves cross the darkness. Like a very thin veil stretched…

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July 30, 2025 - Featured, Fiction, Reading, Writing

Tree Ears and Velvet Feet, by Aimee Parkison

  Ethereal Meat Tossing crushed garlic into hand-churned butter melting in cast-iron pans, I caramelize buckets of wild mushrooms brought…

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July 27, 2025April 25, 2026 - Featured, Fiction, Reading, Writing

Lethal Conversations, by Aimee Parkison

  Testimony: Louisiana, 1864 At the time when I was raped by a man in uniform, what happened to me…

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July 16, 2025 - Featured, Fiction, Reading, Writing

As Far into the Dark, by Lisa Russ Spaar

  As recently as May, Bernadette had dressed up in white with all of us other girls on Canal Crest…

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July 10, 2025 - Featured, Fiction, Reading, Writing

Four Fictions, by Kim Chinquee

My Digits The night before I fly back home, I prick my mother’s finger. She has lancets, alcohol wipes, gauze.…

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June 26, 2025June 27, 2025 - Featured, Fiction, Reading, Writing

Einspänner, by Karen An-hwei Lee

  Einspänner. A word with dual meanings—it’s a one-horse carriage or else it’s a hot espresso dolloped with cold whipped…

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June 23, 2025January 7, 2026 - Awards, Books, Event, Fiction, News, Nonfiction, Poetry, Reading, Small Presses, Writing

Announcing the Deadline and Guidelines for the 2025 Big Other Book Awards!

  We are excited to announce the deadline and guidelines for the 2025 Big Other Book Awards! The awards aim…

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