Poetry

3 Poems

Holiday Season: Playing Dictionary (for TD) peregrinate verjuice Alternate mingle of the... more »

Nonfiction

Self Portrait in Three Hairstyles

One of the first words in my vocabulary was roller. By the time I turned thirteen, I was swirling brides’ hair into chignons, French twists, and fancy pin-curled updos. I was giving perms to my friends before I got my driver’s license. One fall,... more »

Fiction

Needle! Now! Broken!

Last September, Alex Rose woke up in his white hospital bed, exhausted from a dream involving Tibet, orca whales, and Owen Wilson, and discovered that his AIDS was gone. YOUR QUESTION: What is the... more »

(de)Classified

Perfect Teeth

GIRL: I smiled narrowly. Smile to indicate my interest; narrow to hide my yellowing teeth. more »

Criticism

Ou-Li-What? What American Writers Might Learn from the French

t seems that the publishing industry is suffering from a bad case of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder—they just can’t help but repeatedly churn out variations on the same old derivative, tired themes. If this is the case—if this is what the... more »

Blog

Ponyboy

"Kind of horny." This is the third line of any conversation I have in Internet chat rooms. more »

Features

The Best 25 Books Project

Didn’t see your favorite novel on the New York Times Best Books list? We didn’t either. more »

Featured Artwork

5 Pieces