Fiction & Poetry

“Snowy Day”
“The only things he can see now are snow and barbed wire. There’s nothing left in the world but barbed wire.”

Lee Chang-dong on his story in this week’s issue of the magazine. Read more >>>
The Writer’s Voice
Poetry
“Zelda Fitzgerald”

“It’s true I hate the stories about the other women, / but I love the description of their daily lives.”
The Poetry Podcast
Flash Fiction
“Live a Little”

“Her husband has to frown because he notices his wife frown and because all the members of his family, it seems to him, are acting sad or are actually sad.”
“A Triangle”

“I knew the couple must have liked each other. They stared like children and kissed on the corners of their lips, and I knew.”
“Gravity”

“She wanted to feel sorry for the neighbor and say how horrible it was and how she must have really been suffering, but all that came out was anger.”
The Fiction Podcast
Novellas
“What’s the Time, Mr. Wolf?”

“He got out of the car, closing his door quietly, and crept through the woods toward the brick house.”
“Many a Little Makes”

“Why was Bree the bad apple? The one needing to be banished? How could a girl of fourteen be the one held responsible?”
“Mother Nut”

“I told her about how there were these special trees in secret places, and no one knew how they could survive. And I tried not to make a thing out of saying—but did say—‘I’ve seen one, but I can’t tell you where it is.’ ”