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Constructions, Concoctions, Conjurations: A Reading List on the Curious World of Conlangs
Making stuff up is harder, stranger, and occasionally more dangerous than it looks. Seven stories that explore the world of constructed languages.
Posted inFeature
Getting Unstuck with Ramona Ausubel
On finding joy in the writing process, embracing friction, and developing your voice.
Posted inEssays & Criticism
Poets in the Machine
Why does the literary world still hold online writing at arm’s length?
Posted inQuotes
Going into Starbucks to Order Butter Tea
“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 inEditor's Pick
The Problem With Canon
“It’s the best of times and the worst of times to be a fan.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
Reading Joan Didion Taught Me How to Not Write About Hawaiʻi
“Didion depicts Hawaiʻi as a place that exists solely in the white American imagination, and, because of this, her journalism is a fiction.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Falls
“Come to think of it, it was possible, even probable, that the boat had already gone over the Falls or hit the Snag.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
Butter Tea at Starbucks
“The flames flap with a noise like laundry on a line. The fire is an orange column. A plastic bag pirouettes in mid-air. The camera, unsteady, lingers and lingers. And in the middle, the figure stands upright, stoic or suicidal. Pema thinks: she’s already dead.”
