New York Times
Read the poem “A Sunny Morning in the Square” written by Polina Barskova and translated by Valzhyna Mort.
The Atlantic
Read “Needing the Dragon,” Alicia Ostriker’s new poem: “the one god in whom we say we believe / is also unbelievable.”
The New Yorker
Read Katha Pollitt’s new story, “Brown Furniture,” in the January print edition of The New Yorker here.
bon appétit
Torrey Peters on the end of her marriage: “I thought I could save my marriage by repressing my transness. I couldn’t.”
The Atlantic
Read “A poem for Sunday” by Geffrey Davis: “Despite losing the dining table to it/for weeks, our family stays/with the puzzle”
The New Yorker
Read “pencil & pen” the latest poem by Eileen Myles: “A minute is so / long / on my birthday.”
Harper’s Mag
Read an excerpt from Natashia Deón’s forthcoming novel The Perishing: “My name is Sarah Shipley and I’ve slept with five women.”
Town & Country
In his latest piece, esteemed New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik interrogates the politics of excellence through music and art.
New York Review
Read Jorie Graham’s latest poem, “song flight lift/hover settle you/cannot tell from/those not coming.”