Artists Katie Giritlian and Esteban Jefferson speak to Taylor Fisch about family archives and their new collaboration for prompt:.
Review: Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami
Killing Commendatore is the most recent entry in Haruki Murakami’s canon of sensory and supernatural games of chance.
Into Another World: An Interview with John McPhee
John McPhee reflects on the panic, procrastination, and prolific output behind his celebrated approach to nonfiction writing.
Repo
Before the beds went away/ There were bedtimes.
A Purple State
Pittsburgh is a blue city nestled in the red part of a purple state. A political bruise.
Review: Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Adjei-Brenyah lays out the many ways the enlightened interact with a broken world: they laugh, cry, shake their fists at it, or remain indifferent.
Hazeover by Mohammad Tolouei, Translated from Farsi
Addiction doesn’t disappear, it only changes forms. I was hooked on idleness, but now I'm hooked on work.
Within the Body: An Interview with Susannah Nevison
Susannah Nevison talks about disability, mass incarceration, and her upcoming collection, Lethal Theatre.
Daydream by Edogawa Ranpo, Translated from Japanese
I continued on my way down that boundless, endless white road that seemed to stretch on and on and on.
(Dis)Connections: Katherine Bradford at Canada
A sense of mutual isolation suffuses Katherine Bradford's visions of containment and longing in her latest solo show at Canada.
Review: The Witch Elm by Tana French
Tana French's The Witch Elm gives rise to real questions about identity, the nature of self-perception, and the limitations of being in your own head.
Review: The Shell Game Edited by Kim Adrian
If good creative writing sparks the instinct to write, The Shell Game provides ample embers to inspire a wide range of writers.