Canon Fodder is a series of essays about the books writers hold close in their lives--and why those...

Ask the Editor: An Interview with Sarah Cantin of St. Martin’s Press
Sarah Cantin, an executive editor at St. Martin's Press, offers advice on manuscripts, agents, and explains what the...

Eat Shit: Taco Bell, by Zoe Marquedant
Taco Bell is shit. I know this. It’s not Mexican food, Tex-Mex, or some other hyphenated equivalent. It’s...

Women Who Write: Karishma Jobanputra, interviewed by Paulina Pinsky
I have put this interview off three times, and when it finally did end up happening, I was...

Behind the Bustle: “Snap, Got You”, by Charlee Dyroff
When Tyler goes out, he starts downtown and walks up. Today, we begin on 26th street. He places...

Natural Occurrences: “Working it at Westminster”, by Ellyn Gaydos
For its 142nd dog show, the Westminster Kennel Club has swathed Madison Square Garden in yellow and purple....

Women Who Write: Antoinette Bumekpor, Interviewed by Paulina Pinsky
Antoinette Bumekpor and I enter the office and immediately can feel the energy of the room– a room...

Eat Shit: McDonalds, by Zoe Marquedant
I call my parents habitually most weekends, but that Sunday I avoided telling them more than usual. I...

Women Who Write: Alanna Duncan, Interviewed by Paulina Pinsky
Alanna is seated at a two-person table in the back of the posh and dimly lit wine bar...

Women Who Write: Zoe Marquedant, Interviewed by Paulina Pinsky
I am sitting in front of a half-eaten burrito bowl in a booth at 1020. I text Zoe,...

Women Who Write: Catherine Northington, Interviewed by Paulina Pinsky
Catherine and I are standing on the train platform waiting for the one train. We’re both bitching about...