In our morning reading: new writing by Jesmyn Ward and Tom McCarthy, thoughts on Stephen Graham Jones’s latest novel, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Alexandra Chang, Emma Straub’s Latest, Ariana Reines, Tori Amos Interviewed, and More
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Alexandra Chang, thoughts on Emma Straub’s new novel, and more.
Weekend Bites: Hilary Leichter, Paul Lisicky Interviewed, Mary South, Ska-Punk and Politics, and More
In our weekend reading: interviews with Hilary Leichter and Paul Lisicky, the politics of ska-punk, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Charles Yu, Édouard Louis Adapted, Slowdive, Jorge Carrión Interviewed, and More
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Charles Yu, looking back at a great album from Slowdive, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Nicholas Mancusi Interviewed, Susan Choi, Kyle Chayka on Minimalism, Bathroom Reading, and More
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Nicholas Mancusi, Susan Choi talks music, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Carmen Maria Machado, Valeria Luiselli’s Latest, J. David Osborne, Revisiting “UHF,” and More
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Carmen Maria Machado, thoughts on books by Valeria Luiselli and J. David Osborne, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Jenny Hval, Nancy Hightower Fiction, Molly Tanzer, Tana French Interviewed, and More
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on Jenny Hval’s new novel, an interview with Tana French, and more.
Sunday Stories: “Three Women”
Three Women by Ian MacAllen The first time Tony rapes a woman, the violation is statutory. He is eighteen, she only fifteen, but both are otherwise consenting. They have sex in the back of his mother’s Ford Pinto while parked behind the elementary school they had both attended. A week later, he leaves for college and she starts going steady with the junior varsity quarterback. Neither thinks much about it again, although the woman briefly recalls the incident during a […]