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October 21, 2025 | Nonfiction

On Sleeping in the Theater

Reuben Dendinger

One of the most profound aesthetic experiences of my life involved falling asleep in an armchair in the middle of the afternoon while reading The Fairie Queene. I did not dream of Britomart and Sir

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October 20, 2025 | Nonfiction

Too-Direct Mariel

Mariel Hixenbaugh

I wanted to see if I could pass as someone who belongs.

Alright, Mariely, Jelly Belly.  Pretend you are a person who has friends. You can send this text message. It’s fine. They don’t know you

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October 17, 2025 | Poetry

Further from A Working Class Book of Psalms

KG Miles

Me sitting down before a cheesecake factory menu
and seeing only letters.
Me fucking without even a hair as much the enjoyment
I get from a waffle--

Time Capsules, Pockets, and Alienation at the End of the World: an Interview with Dan Leach photo

October 16, 2025 | Interview

Time Capsules, Pockets, and Alienation at the End of the World: an Interview with Dan Leach

Shannon Waite

Junah at the End of the World is about, well, Junah, a twelve-year old boy going through the uncertainty of Y2K. It’s funny to look back at that time and to think about how different things were, to