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The Submerged

The Submerged 

by Will Boast | Wednesday, December 01, 2021
Alphabet of Joy

Alphabet of Joy

by Roberta Silman | Saturday, November 13, 2021
Those Two

Those Two

by Caio Fernando Abreu | Thursday, August 26, 2021
Delta Force

Delta Force

A Grandfather’s Tale

by Jay Neugeboren | Saturday, August 21, 2021
Wicked Brew

Wicked Brew 

by A. E. Stout | Wednesday, June 02, 2021
Binding Agent

Binding Agent

by Robert Cohen | Saturday, May 01, 2021
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January 

“I wonder if I can get the sound of a vase shattering over the phone without actually shattering a vase.”

by Olivia Clare | Monday, December 07, 2020
The Professor’s Wife

The Professor’s Wife

by Isaac Bashevis Singer | Wednesday, September 23, 2020
The Joke

The Joke

by Ray Bradbury | Tuesday, September 01, 2020
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2nd Look

I Can’t Get That Monster Out of My Mind

by Joan Didion

In this Autumn 1964 essay, the late Joan Didion takes the Hollywood film industry to task: “One problem is that American directors, with a handful of notable exceptions, are not much interested in style; they are at heart didactic,” she writes. “Ask what they plan to do with their absolute freedom, with their chance to make a personal statement, and they will pick an ‘issue,’ a ‘problem.’”

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