The Humbug
"The Philosophy of Composition” is a lovely little essay, but, as Poe himself admitted, it’s a bit of jiggery-pokery, too. More
Monday at the Magnificent 2013 PEN Literary Awards
There was a changing of the guard before Monday’s magnificent PEN 2013 Literary Awards ceremony as underslept, overcaffeinated students shuffled out of the CUNY Graduate and dressed up literary… More
Andy Borowitz’s Comedy Secret: He’s Just ‘Early’ To News
"I think we’re not so much doing fake news as like we’re just early," Borowitz told the Wire at the reception following Monday evening's PEN Literary Awards, which he… More
The Cardboard House
You do not understand how one can possibly go to school so early in the morning, especially when there are esplanades and the sea below. More
The Island of Second Sight
People ate differently here, talked differently, scolded differently. I would have to adapt. I realized this within the hour during which I was the wideeyed observer of this nation’s… More
The Ground
This is just one of many / Beautiful moments I've been a part of but can't / (And won't ever) remember. More
The Shadow Book
First are the kinds of shadow books that fail to be written: the Africana Encyclopedia by Du Bois; the second novels of Jean Toomer or Ralph Ellison that never… More
Sissies’ Scrapbook
"It’s the awful power of having exactly what you want. I’m sure it’s not the freeing, liberating thing you expect it to be." More
The Shock of the Lenders and Other Poems by Jorge Santiago Perednik
I was running with the spear which was a pencil in my hand after the bird with white wings. More
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