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for Janice Stain, M.D.   He is moving brusquely about the house, opening this closet and that, gathering his personal belongings. Clothes mostly, but also a few magazines and cookbooks,…

Photo Credit: Benjamin M. Johnson   This is not a meditation on cannibalism or its function as “last taboo” but a direct translation of my kidneys, which are the shape…

In 1853   In 1853, you might find yourself bundled in cloth, swaddled as the Christ child, on the shore of Lake Wenham, in what was then known as New…

By Jessie Daniels                                                                             I changed my name after I discovered a book, and a family secret, on my great aunt’s bookshelf. “Why do you have this book, Aunt Marie?”  I…

Appropriately enough, I finished reading Paul Cohen’s The Glamshack in the middle of a heatwave that temporarily turned Eugene, Oregon into Memphis, Tennessee. My wife and I had traveled to…

For years, we’ve marveled at Mallory Ortberg’s “Dear Prudence” column over at Slate. While we generally love Ortberg’s wise responses, she is, at times, a tad too earnest—and way too…

The Child Celebrates Privilege by Eating Cake Whiteness walks along the smooth sidewalk to her local bakery. What else can she, at this time of crisis, do but indulge in…

Several times over the past month, this has been the scene: my girlfriend and I wake up in the middle of the night, and without fail, we proceed to make…

i wonder how we will part ways. it haunts me, this curiosity. what will be the last thing you say to me? my final glance–of regret, gladness, uncertainty? i know…

Poetry from Nathan Hauke           Nathan Hauke is the author of Every Living One (Horse Less Press, 2015), In the Marble of Your Animal Eyes (Publication Studio, 2013), and five chapbooks,…

[Image Credit: Ines Hildur “White Painting II”] Daniel couldn’t remember why he went to Game Bar, but there he stood in the corner by the jukebox trying to avoid self-evaluation.…

Kaveh Akbar’s poems appear recently in The New Yorker, Poetry, APR, Ploughshares, and elsewhere. His debut full-length, Calling a Wolf a Wolf, will be published by Alice James Books in September. He is also the author of the…

If I were to be invited to Terry Gross’s show on NPR, “Fresh Air”, it would be because, of course, I have finally published a book in English, not a…

Francis Alÿs The Fabiola Project at The Menil Collection on exhibit through May 13, 2018 Scramble for the Past The Stones Talk book Editor: İlkay Baliç Design: Esen Karol 216…