I'll be EiC of Barnstorm starting this summer. We've got some exciting plans in the works—including the launch of events in the seacoast NH region this fall. If you're a writer, reader, bookstore owner, or small publisher in the area, we're looking to connect!

Today is the 144th day of 2022. The Uvalde shooting is the 212th mass shooting of 2022. Gun violence is a public health crisis.

“That age when you begin to have a long memory of yourself”—so many brilliant lines in this piece

Dear lit world: I recently got a CNF acceptance from Hobart. It was supposed to pub last week, got pushed back to this week, and now ... well. It was going to be my first big pub, and I was so excited! Pls advise???

Our November Issue is here with new Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Art for you to read and enjoy! Up first: Bob Johnson's short story "The Gaboon Viper" 🐍🫖 featured with the painting "Lydia's Kettle" by Judith Skillman Read it here: tinyurl.com/BSJ14-NovFic

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Now: "Movies," a story by Claire Sasko Claire Sasko, an essayist, journalist, and occasional short story writer. peachmgzn.com/claire-sasko

"I’d convinced myself that, in my frantic cycling through new people, I was wielding my youth to its fullest potential, perpetually carving myself anew." YES YES YES lock longreads.com/2023/03/14/age…

"When I was younger and very painfully naive, I said to someone, People always mean what they say, and say what they mean, and they shook their head at me and said, No, they never, ever do."

Great work in this issue—"To Breathe Wholly and Free" w/ a mind-bending intro, gorgeous lines from Hannah Schmitt: "...his torso bending like a slip of paper ... When he got close, Cassie felt a faint fuzz on her skin, like touching an old TV screen" & a stunner from @gabriel_a_reed

I will be closing down my Twitter in 2 weeks. Meanwhile: My Transplanted Heart and I Will Die Soon nytimes.com/2023/04/18/opi…

I’ve got a piece in Rejection Letters today inspired by a recent dream and my fear of planes and also living on the coast of Maine which sometimes just feels like a dream in itself

"It was our mothers and fathers, they said. It’s not a metaphor, they said. It’s real." - Claire Sasko in Rejection Letters 💜 rejection-letters.com/2023/04/20/it-…

Still floored to see my story “The Trooper” side by side with so many stunning stories, essays, and poems in the latest issue of Chicago Quarterly Review Huge thanks to all the wonderful people at CQR!!!

Issue 6 is out today! Stellar work in this one. Give it a read.

Holt’s restaurant, Roxanne, is a middle finger to a sexist, exploitative industry, and to the idea that fine dining must be serious to matter. Is her approach exactly what Philly needs right now? phillymag.com/foobooz/2023/0…

In 2021, my 40-year-old cousin was found lifeless in her Delhi apartment. Days later, her husband was arrested & charged for murder. In this week's The New Yorker, I tell the story of her death & examine the factors sustaining gender-based violence in India: newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…

“Asking ‘Is Barbie a feminist?’ is a bit like asking “Why would a loving God allow so much suffering?’” I wrote about the movie. thenation.com/article/societ…