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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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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