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“A saw squeals in the half-built house across the street; a man shouts: Hey hey hey!; a car speeds by on the road out front; the neighbor thuds across the floor on the other side of the wall; a hammer strikes; men speak; a car door slams,” begins Kathryn Scanlan’s story “Study for America...
Once a promising poet, Óscar Restrepo, the protagonist of Colombian filmmaker Simón Mesa Soto’s 2025 film, A Poet, is now middle-aged and unemployed, spending his days wallowing in failure. Óscar is seen crying, drinking, squabbling with family members and other writers, and muddling throug...
As we approach the season for gratitude, consider the ways in which it’s equally important to express and feel gratitude. “Not only does gratitude improve the well-being of the giver and the recipient, but it may also be good for those who witness it,” writes Christ...
In an interview by Joel Pinckney published on the Creative Independent, Hernan Diaz talks about how the “joy of a beautiful sentence” keeps him writing. “How wonderful that this sentence that never existed, that I don’t dislike, now is here,” says Diaz. “And look at what it’s doing! It’s not only ...
“Read a book from the library / Donate to a food pantry ... Visit the reflecting pool in DC and ponder the state of democracy / Casually research becoming a citizen of a country with free health care / Play a few pickleball matches.” In “Things to Do While Waiting for Midterm Election Results,” publ...