
We Still Can’t Stop Talking About Barbie
AM Homes and MG Lord on “A Real Doll” and the plastic icon’s enduring legacy
Gabrielle Bates, Sam Sax, Sally Wen Mao, and Edgar Kunz highlight a year of celebrated poetry collections
Sarah Blakley-Cartwright recommends stories about the shifting allegiances and power dynamics of a threesome
"Beyond Carthage" from THE END OF THE WORLD IS A CUL DE SAC by Louise Kennedy, recommended by Caoilinn Hughes
Maru Ayase’s novel "The Forest Brims Over" explores the gendered exploitation of being an artist's muse
Jiordan Castle's memoir-in-verse, "Disappearing Act," travels back in time to adolescence to the arrest that altered her family forever
Lee Matthew Goldberg recommends crime stories that subvert the expectations of the genre
In "The Vulnerables," a parrot without its owners, a trouble teen, and an older writer weather lockdown together
Two poems by Christopher Ankney
Sheena Patel, author of "I'm a Fan" on how Instagram is just like high school, and pushing the limits of what’s acceptable for Brown women
Chin-Sun Lee recommends subversive works of fiction about women fighting against the patriarchy
J. Robert Lennon and Carmen Maria Machado discuss how their anthology "Critical Hits: Writers Playing Video Games" came together