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Jul 17, 20219 min read
The Birthday Cake
RUPA WOOD - Winner of the Summer 2021 ORB Short Fiction Competition, judged by Larissa Pham.
Jul 15, 20215 min read
Global Dispatches: Summer 2021
Redefining Vulnerability by Rachel McMahon According to the Fall 2020 NCAA Well-Being Study, mental health concerns in student-athletes...
Jul 11, 20218 min read
Apprentice to the Sentence
OLIVIA HOLLAND - the dazzling new novel from Rachel Cusk marks the height of this writer's career.
Jul 9, 20215 min read
Stripping Down
SERENA ALAGAPPAN — A meditation on sarcasm, sincerity, and lazy alliteration.
Jul 6, 20218 min read
How I Settle Myself
JULIA MERICAN – An interview with the writer and academic, Sally Bayley.
Jul 5, 20219 min read
Another Mode of Concealment
NICOLE JASHAPARA — 'our definition of "literary fiction" needs to be interrogated: the marketplace should not determine what is "original"'
Jul 2, 202111 min read
The Art of Literate Punctuation
REBECCA ABRAMS — In praise of full-stops and their authors.
Jun 28, 20219 min read
A Faceless Self
KSENIA DUGAEVA — Megan Nolan's debut novel explores the realities of a toxic relationship and problematises female suffering.
Jun 25, 20219 min read
Real Love, Real Agency, Real Femicide
ANNA WEBER — Has Daphne du Maurier been Chick-Flicked?
Jun 21, 202112 min read
The Small-Talk of Poetry
JOSEPH TURNER — Unravelling the ephemeral everyday in Leighton, Lafarge and Dugdale's latest collections.
Jun 18, 20217 min read
Art on Screen
ISABELLA LILL – A review of Julian Opie's online art exhibition.
Jun 11, 20216 min read
The Idea of Order
HENRY WOODLAND – A call for poetic disorder, via Robin Williams, Ocean Vuong, and MFA programmes.
Jun 7, 202111 min read
A Hostile Act
LIZ MURPHY – An analysis of what Joan Didion really means.
Jun 7, 20217 min read
A Conversational Art No. 2, Larissa Pham
JULIA MERICAN – In conversation with artist and writer, Larissa Pham.
May 30, 20218 min read
The Internet is Always On
LUCY THYNNE – Is it possible to write a good internet novel?
May 28, 20219 min read
A Frivolous Expense
MATHIAS GJESDAL HAMMER – Asking whether the Amazon CEO puts his money where his mouth is.
May 26, 20217 min read
At the Core of It
JULIA MERICAN & HENRY WOODLAND – 'Does the falling tree make a sound if it was not livestreamed on Instagram?'
May 21, 20219 min read
Statuary Rights
SARAH SHEARD – A discussion of the 'static ideal' of the female body in art, from Praxiteles to Hambling.
May 17, 20217 min read
Refuse to Do the Crappo Thing
TOYE OLADINNI - In conversation with the Man Booker Prize-winning author, George Saunders.
May 14, 202112 min read
Dissociation, Baby
ALEX CHASTEEN - Peters and Leilani offer different takes on what it means when the self fails to cohere.
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