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February 3, 2026 | Nonfiction

Into the Container

Brian Cohen

"How deep do you want to go?" the facilitator asked as I knelt before a candlelit altar. It was reckless to choose a depth in an ocean I’d never seen, but I aimed for the bottom. "Very deep," I said—a

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February 2, 2026 | Poetry

3 Poems

Jory Mickelson

[It began when I learned]

It began when I learned to sit                                       I began when I burned and sat
in my boredom, our poverty with                                in my

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February 1, 2026 | fucked up modern love essays

Charley

Fiona Deane-Grundman

Charley and I met freshman year of college. She was the blonde one, whereas I was not. I was never the blonde one. We went to college on a big hill, warm in the summer, warm in the winter. We both

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January 30, 2026 | Fiction

Flip

Tim Hardy

She sang along to the songs, swaying on the spot, and seemed to know all the lyrics. She smiled at him and grabbed him when their big hit came on, singing “There she goes” at his face, until, grudgingly, he sang along too. Then she kissed him

January 29, 2026 | Nonfiction

Writers' Workshop IV

Emma Burger

It's the fourth week out of five of our Zoom writers' workshop, and I've finally gotten used to the rhythm of my Wednesday nights. There's my teacher, in New York City, the sweet nerdy man from

January 29, 2026 | Fiction

Hard Drive

Oliver Land

I kept swinging, and he started headbanging to the music.

January 29, 2026 | Interview

Cat Disabato on Rooting Interest

Anna Dorn

In this book, I kept using the word “buzz” in various forms. Buzz, buzzy. I think I even got the word “bloodbuzz” in there, which I stole from the band The National.

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Exit, Carefully

Elizabeth Ellen

"I loved reading Exit, Carefully. It’s unusual, and in my opinion exciting, to publish a play without previously receiving a major production."

                      -Walker Caplan, Lithub

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Miss Unity

I thought I was unhappy as a man. Turns out I was just unhappy…