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Hearing Test

Anna Prushinskaya -

You’ll never be quite what you used to be because you’re always getting older. Everyone is. This was her ex-husband’s mantra, but now, they...

Professional Development

Megan Stielstra -

With AWP 2012 starting this week in Chicago, we're posting this topical story by Megan Stielstra. Megan is reading at Joyland's event at Quimby's this Thursday, March...

The Morrigan

William Ilan Rubel -

Wren Connected to the bog-land by a wooden causeway, the crannog roundhouse was ringed by rough, stout poles. Wisps of smoke rose from its chimney,...

Safeway

Claire Matthews -

There is something to be said for sucking dick in a freezer. Between the rack of uncooked blueberry muffins and the ice cream, his...

Fershtupt on Dog Watch

Gary Barwin -

From Yiddish for Pirates, a novel 1. Moishe as a child. He told me stories. Some were true. At fourteen, he left the shtetl near Vilnius for the...

My Last Summer in Washington

Sarah Steinberg -

At first, I said moving to DC was like stepping inside a candy wrapper. That seemed right at the time but, then - not....

The State of American Letters

Chris Leslie-Hynan -

When we arrived at the colony, they sat us on the lawn and told us, don't drink and drive on the major streets. We'll...

Day Trip

Erin Brooks Worley -

My sister would sneak out late, after midnight. I’d hear her door open, then watch through my bedroom window to see her run down the...

The Measure Everything Machine and Other Sketches: an excerpt

Amanda Ackerman -

Troll A man devotes much of his energy to studying poetry. At times he even manages to write poetry, yet whenever he sits down to...

The Entertainment Room

Daniel Scott Tysdal -

They are all anonymous. There’s the budding actress who takes the controls of the subway train for her first solo drive. Five years ago,...