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A non-profit literary magazine with a penchant for journeys and a fascination with strangers.
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In 1943, Otomatsu Wada left the Gila River internment camp and a mystery in his wake. Eric Muller’s essay follows the intrigue inspired by his escape.
We're sharing this essay as part of our partnership series with @narratively: narratively.com/p/8dc8f44a-f69…
Last week's #lettertoastranger by @clairesalinda reminded us of Sarah Perry’s 2020 essay “To the Man I Made into a Stranger,” an exploration of longing and growing after a relationship comes to an end.
Read the full essay here: offassignment.com/articles/sarah…
This week, we're reading about Johannes Lichtman' surreal experience at a CIA writing group; @danaiwrites' mystical story on death, trees, & time; and Ucheoma Onwutuebe's depiction of the inner monologue of a heart-broken insomniac.
These and more reading recs: mailchi.mp/offassignment/…
After leaving her marriage, @clairesalinda chanced upon a drawing of disembodied kissing lips. She called the gallery to buy it, and soon her life changed all over again. This #lettertoastranger is an honest & sensual depiction of how we relate to others. offassignment.com/articles/clair…
Our next course—Research for Writers w/ Julia Cooke, @enriguealvaro, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, May Jeong, & Jerry Saltz—offers the chance to ask the pros and rethink not just how and where to dig for information, but how to synthesize it. Learn more and register: offassignment.com/shop/research-…
Off Assignment Safiya Sinclair Casey Gerald Maggie Smith So thrilled to be teaching this class for you and grateful to the 4 amazing writers who've agreed to visit the class!
NEW OA COURSE!
Led by Priscilla Gilman and featuring guest authors Safiya Sinclair, Dani Shapiro, @caseygerald & Maggie Smith, this course explores the fertile yet fraught terrain of writing about one’s family.
More info and registration: offassignment.com/shop/writing-a…
In conversation with last week's #lettertoastranger by Abolish The UN Veto to a Grindr hookup in Boston is last summer's sensuous essay by Sara Luzuriaga, both delicately straddling the line between desire and the unknowability of another. offassignment.com/articles/sara-…
Research is everything! In our upcoming course, students will hone their research skills and learn unique techniques from Julia Cooke, @enriguealvaro, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, May Jeong, & Jerry Saltz. Pictured here is one such technique. Learn more and register: offassignment.com/shop/research-…
This week, we're reading M.M. Carrigan on the origins of a Taco Bell-inspired literary magazine (yes, really); Martha Bebinger on a mother's quest to help her daughter's addiction; & Vincent Scarpa on State of Grace for its fiftieth anniversary. These and more: mailchi.mp/offassignment/…
During a Grindr encounter in Boston, Nigerian writer Abolish The UN Veto and his date, an American man of Nigerian heritage called Divine, discuss questions about what it means to envision a homeland, what it means to leave, and what it means to return: offassignment.com/articles/ani-k…
During a Grindr encounter in Boston, Nigerian writer Abolish The UN Veto and his date, an American man of Nigerian heritage called Divine, discuss questions about what it means to envision a homeland, what it means to leave, and what it means to return: offassignment.com/articles/ani-k…
“Were you already walking around Paris together that Saturday afternoon as my train pulled into the Gare du Nord?”
—Elisabeth Plumlee-Watson in Off Assignment & our #WomensHistoryMonth list buff.ly/3Ip8xrP
How can narrative writing be a tool for social change?
In this upcoming course, kristen millares young, Sonora Jha, Brandon Hobson, Anastacia-Reneé, & Putsata will guide you thru the range of tools writers possess to dismantle, resist, & transform the world. offassignment.com/shop/resistanc…
