Monthly Archives: March 2010

That’s the question asked by Gregory Cowles in, appropriately, a Paper Cuts blog post. The occasion is the publication of Jose Saramago’s The Notebook, a compilation of blog posts that the Nobel Prize winner wrote from September 2008 to August … Continue reading →

Mark Sarvas @ The Elegant Variation recently posted this poem by Edward Hirsch. I’d never read it before. Definitely will resonate for anyone who’s watched a parent go down this path… Lay Back the DarknessBy Edward Hirsch My father in … Continue reading →

This one is called “Spinners.” It starts like so: “The bus did not come and so I waited and counted all the reasons for not believing.”

A very cool One Story benefit event is happening on Friday, May 21, in New York: the One Story Literary Debutante Ball: A Celebration of Emerging Writers. The event will celebrate One Story’s debut and emerging authors. I was kindly … Continue reading →

1. Gigantic Roxane Gay talks Gigantic, issue two. She has lots of interesting insights (as usual). She also discusses the disappointments of IKEA furniture. 2. Corium Corium Magazine’s debut issue is now live. It’s a beaut. Edited by Lauren Becker, … Continue reading →