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May 12, 2021May 13, 2021 - Birthday, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Joseph Beuys on Art, Language, Creativity, Revolution, and More

Happy birthday, Joseph Beuys! Here are some quotes from the artist. “I think art is the only political…

May 11, 2021May 11, 2021 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Stanley Elkin on Writing, Sentences, Fiction, and More

Happy birthday, Stanley Elkin! Here are some quotes from his books and interviews: “Make a thing that never…

May 10, 2021May 10, 2021 - Featured, Fiction, Reading, Writing

The Age of Flesh and Fire, by Norman Lock

“More bird, Goodman Page?” asked the stout Master Buxton as he sawed a leg from a goose sitting, solemn…

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, 2021 - Archives, 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, 2021May 5, 2021 - Featured, 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, 2021May 5, 2021 - Featured, 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,…