Will the Real Mary Please Stand Up?
Three poems by Mary Jo Bang
Three poems by Mary Jo Bang
These writers use workplace fiction as a lens to examine late-stage capitalism, the gig economy, and the inevitable burnout
These small press authors are reinventing the coming of age story and turning the mundane into the extraordinary
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Support"But the Girl" is a novel reckoning with Sylvia Plath's racism, tokenism, and how true expression becomes a commodity in publishing
How many of us grow up living one life while dreaming of another?
“I Heard My Son Kissing a Girl” from SEE: LOSS. SEE ALSO: LOVE. by Yukiko Tominaga, recommended by Weike Wang
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Three poems by Mary Jo Bang
“I Heard My Son Kissing a Girl” from SEE: LOSS. SEE ALSO: LOVE. by Yukiko Tominaga, recommended by Weike Wang
“Oceania,” flash fiction by Alex Burchfield