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Capsized green canoe wedged between rocks and whitewater rapids in the James River Richmond, Virginia.
Posted inQuotes

The Unlikely Hero in George Saunders’ Short Story, ‘The Falls’

by Krista Stevens February 2, 2022October 18, 2022

And he “…stopped in his tracks, wondering what in the world two little girls were doing alone in a canoe speeding toward the Falls, apparently oarless.”

A Changpa boy sips from a cup of steaming yak-butter tea.
Posted inQuotes

Going into Starbucks to Order Butter Tea

by Krista Stevens January 19, 2022October 18, 2022

“Pema wants to ask Jamal, Have you seen the news? But of course he hasn’t. He’s got other things to think about and now so does she.”

Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Commentary, Current Events, Fiction, Science & Nature

This Week in Books: An Everlasting Meal

by Dana Snitzky April 7, 2020December 9, 2022

The book that’s been the most help to me during lockdown is a book I’ve never read.

Posted inBooks, Fiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story

‘I Want Every Sentence To Be Doing Work’: An Interview with Miranda Popkey

by Zan Romanoff February 4, 2020December 16, 2022

“Something I did learn writing this book is that being impressed by something doesn’t mean you should try and do it.”

Posted inFiction, Highlight, Quotes

Sit Back, Relax, and Try Not To Think About the Hole We’re Making In Your Skull

by michelleweber February 3, 2020October 19, 2022

You can understand how the dura mater connects to the arachnoid mater, but that doesn’t mean you understand the mind.

Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Fiction, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

N.K. Jemisin: ‘I am still going to write what I am going to write.’

by Krista Stevens January 20, 2020October 19, 2022

Hells to the yes, says I.

Edwidge Danticat
Posted inStory

10 Outstanding Short Stories to Read in 2020

by Longreads January 15, 2020December 30, 2022

Stories by Edwidge Danticat, Etgar Keret, Valeria Luiselli, and more.

Posted inBooks, Fiction, History, Profiles & Interviews, Story

‘By Choice, and Not By Choice…Time Is Going To Change You.’

by Zan Romanoff November 19, 2019January 13, 2023

Nina MacLaughlin discusses her retelling of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. “[In] my very vague high school memories…there was no discussion of the fact that this book is just rape after rape after rape.”

Posted inBooks, Fiction, Story

‘I’m a Big Fan of Writing To Find Out What You Don’t Know.’

by Adam Morgan November 8, 2019January 13, 2023

Mark Haber discusses “Reinhardt’s Garden” and its protagonist’s quest for a true understanding of melancholy: “not a feeling but a mood, not a color but a shade, not depression but not happiness either…”

Posted inStory

‘I Was Interested in the People Who Are Stuck With These Memories.’

by Victoria Namkung October 17, 2019January 20, 2023

Steph Cha discusses her new novel “Your House Will Pay,” the LA Riots, the Korean American Angeleno community, her 3,600 Yelp reviews, and pushing back against gatekeepers in publishing.

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