Great American Losers

While spending several weeks reading and writing about Michel Houellebecq, a loose thought kept rattling around in my mind. In American novels, we have a tacit set of conventions for w
LENGTH: 15 minutes (3850 words)

The Story of a Suicide

Dharun Ravi grew up in Plainsboro, New Jersey, in a large, modern house with wide expanses of wood flooring and a swimming pool out back. Assertive and athletic, he used…
AUTHOR:Ian Parker
PUBLISHED: Feb. 6, 2012
LENGTH: 50 minutes (12642 words)

Eleven Beds

by William Harrison Photo by Jenny Pansing Night on Lake Dallas in the Texas summer: the water gives back the starlight and his girlfriend is fifteen years old, freckled, and they await the magic of…
LENGTH: 16 minutes (4230 words)
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