A Young Academic Ponders Her Failures in an Insomniatic Haze
Martin Riker, author of "The Guest Lecture" and publisher at Dorothy, on the flip between insecurity and possibility
Martin Riker, author of "The Guest Lecture" and publisher at Dorothy, on the flip between insecurity and possibility
"Sandman" from LESSER KNOWN MONSTERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY by Kim Fu, recommended by Kevin Brockmeier
Lying awake at night? Lull yourself to sleep—or at least feel seen—with these stories about restlessness
Toby Lloyd, author of "Fervor," recommends novels and memoirs that reveal truths (or untruths) that were better left unsaid
"Presence" from GREEN FROG by Gina Chung, recommended by Jade Song
"Tiptoe" by Laird Barron, recommended by Kelly Link
Her surrealist novel "Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind" confronts the dual crises of debt and exploitative labor under capitalism
"Extinction" by Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, recommended by Alyssa Songsiridej for Electric Literature
"Exercises in Thinking" by Jane Pek, recommended by Wynter K Miller for Electric Literature
My unmarked body allows the world to see me as both doctor and monster