Life in a Box Is a Pretty Life by Dawn Lundy Martin
Dawn Lundy Martin reads two poems from her collection Life in a Box is a Pretty Life, published in December by Nightboat Books.
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The Unspeakable by Meghan Daum
Meghan Daum reads two excerpts from her essay collection The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion, forthcoming in November from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
From the Introduction
For more than twenty years...
Women by Chloe Caldwell
Chloe Caldwell reads an excerpt from her novella, Women, published in October by Short Flight / Long Drive Books.
What I know for certain about this time: My pupils were expanding. I never did figure out if this was a symptom of...
Congotronic by Shane Book
Shane Book reads a selection of poems from his latest collection, Congotronic, forthcoming in September from University of Iowa Press.
African Evening
I had a thing for mange.Her skin was fluorescent with it.The...
In Case of Emergency by Courtney Moreno
Courtney Moreno reads an excerpt from her debut novel, In Case of Emergency, forthcoming in September from McSweeney's Books.In Case of EmergencyWhen conducting the triage of a multi-casualty incident, start by...
Your Face in Mine by Jess Row
Jess Row reads an excerpt from his novel, Your Face in Mine, published in August by Riverhead Books.
Your Face in Mine
It doesn’t seem possible, even now, that it could begin the way it begins, in the blank light...
Hard Love Province by Marilyn Chin
Marilyn Chin reads six poems from her latest collection, Hard Love Province, published in June by Norton.
Alba: Moon Camellia Loverfor Don Lonewolf
Last night through the camellia bolesI gazed, transfixed...
The Hundred-Year House by Rebecca Makkai
Rebecca Makkai reads an excerpt from her novel The Hundred-Year House, forthcoming in July from Viking.
For a ghost story, the tale of Violet Saville Devohr was vague and underwhelming. She had lived, she was unhappy, and she...
The Other Side by Lacy M. Johnson
Lacy M. Johnson reads an excerpt from her memoir The Other Side, forthcoming in July from Tin House Books.
I crash through the screen door, arms flailing like two loose propellers, stumbling like a woman on fire: hair and clothes...
Once I Was Cool by Megan Stielstra
Megan Stielstra reads an excerpt from her debut essay collection, Once I Was Cool, forthcoming in May from Curbside Splendor.
Stop Reading and Listen
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Just after we eloped and just before the housing market crashed, my...
Mad Honey Symposium by Sally Wen Mao
Sally Wen Mao reads five poems from her debut collection, Mad Honey Symposium, forthcoming in May from Alice James Books.
Valentine for a Flytrap
You are a hairy painting. I belong to your jaw.Nothing slakes you—no...
Talkativeness by Michael Earl Craig
Michael Earl Craig reads four poems from his collection Talkativeness, published in April by Wave Books.
Quick Sketch of a Bullet
There is a bullet here on my desk.Tipped over on its side.Its jacket is brassand...
Praying Drunk by Kyle Minor
Kyle Minor reads the first story in his new collection, Praying Drunk, published in February by Sarabande Books.
The Question of Where We Begin
We begin with the trouble, but where does the trouble begin? My uncle...
Cadaver, Speak by Marianne Boruch
Marianne Boruch reads three poems from her new collection, Cadaver, Speak, published in February by Copper Canyon Press.
Face
On winter's long red-eye out of Anchorage, small lampsnear the floor madea grainy blurry...
The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld by Justin Hocking
Justin Hocking reads the first chapter of his new memoir, The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld, forthcoming from Graywolf Press in March.
Ophelia, Part I
Late summer 2005 and everything’s underwater. The news...
If At First You Don't Succeed...
Miranda Beverly-Whittemore is one of three novelists, profiled by Emily Raboteau in "If At First You Don't Succeed" (March/April 2014), who persevered despite the commercial "failure" of early books. From the profile:
In her mid twenties, Miranda...
Ben Arthur's "Deadbeat (Dyslexic Hearts)"
It turns out our annual Inspiration Issue inspires more than writing. Singer-songwriter and novelist Ben Arthur (benarthur.com), who wrote and recorded a song inspired by Frank Bures's article "The Secret Lives of Stories: Rewriting Our Personal...
YesYes Books
In addition to traditional poetry collections and chapbooks, independent press YesYes Books also publishes a number of experimental and multimedia works, many of which incorporate visual art. Since its founding in 2011, the press's innovative...
Literati Bookstore
Beginning in January 2013, Michael Gustafson and Hilary Lowe spent nearly three months renovating a twenty-six-hundred-square-foot storefront in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to prepare for the grand opening of Literati Bookstore. Not everything went...
A Highly Unlikely Scenario by Rachel Cantor
Rachel Cantor reads an excerpt from her debut novel, A Highly Unlikely Scenario: Or, A Neetsa Pizza Employee's Guide to Saving the World, published in January by Melville House.Leonard’s usual complaint volume was twelve calls per...
Radiance of Tomorrow by Ishmael Beah
Ishmael Beah reads an excerpt from his forthcoming novel, Radiance of Tomorrow, published in January by Sarah Crichton Books. She was the first to arrive where it seemed the wind no longer exhaled. Several miles from town, the...
Little Failure by Gary Shteyngart
Gary Shteyngart reads an excerpt from his memoir, Little Failure, forthcoming from Random House in January. Excerpted with permission by Random House, a division of Random House, LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be...
Unterberg Poetry Center at Seventy-Five
This year the storied Unterberg Poetry Center at the 92nd Street Y in New York City celebrates its seventy-fifth anniversary. The first in a series of events to mark the occasion, an exhibition called Love the Words—which includes more than...
The Isle of Youth by Laura van den Berg
Laura van den Berg reads a story excerpt from her forthcoming collection, The Isle of Youth, published in November by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
I Looked For You, I Called Your Name
The first thing that went wrong...
Milk and Filth by Carmen Giménez Smith
Carmen Giménez Smith reads two poems from her latest collection, Milk and Filth, published in October by University of Arizona Press.
Happy Trigger
Off-season and inthe burnt forestof my nightgown, a...