From Our Contributors: Zoe Ballering On Sand Spits and Life Spans
22.1 contributor Zoe Ballering discusses life spans and storytelling.
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Fiction Special Feature: “Self-Care,” by Brett Hymel Jr.
Only an elite few stories take up residence in your memory as visceral reading experiences. Brett Hymel Jr.’s “Self-Care” is one such story.
From Our Contributors: Malcolm Friend Shares a Plátano Purchasing Playlist
22.1 contributor Malcolm Friend shares a playlist to fill your earbuds on those lonely trips to the grocery store.
“Plátano Purchasing Theory” by Malcolm Friend
On the occasion of a Giant Eagle employee double-checking to make sureI rang the right item up at self-checkout Truth: Plátanos are the only produce item I know the PLU code for (4235). Lie: It’s my Caribbean pride. Truth: I just got tired of looking up plantain bananas every time I used self-checkout. Truth: I …
“The News”
From the very first line of “The News,” we’re plunged into an absurdist reality that we slowly come to realize is just reality as we know it.
From Our Contributors: Erika Gallion Velasquez Shares a Playlist to Accompany “Paradise is Ours”
Robert and Adele Schiff Award winner Erika Gallion Velasquez shares a playlist to accompany her prize-winning essay.
Video: “Your Inbox Is Too Much With Us—a correspondence,” by Jaye Kranz
Jaye Kranz shares this haunting excerpt of her poem, that takes us on journeys through email exchanges and ASCII landscapes that feel both déjà vu-like and oddly tranquil.
Notes from the (Re)Design Studio: Introducing Our New Look
We recently reached a milestone: I handed our web design prototypes over to our developer.
5 Minute Author Interview: Adam Ehrlich Sachs
An interview with novelist Adam Ehrlich Sachs, one of four writers participating in UC’s Fiction Festival
5 Minute Author Interview: Maurice Carlos Ruffin
An interview with novelist Maurice Carlos Ruffin, one of four writers participating in UC’s Fiction Festival