This short essay about the em dash and a narrator's dead brother —  a mashup of the Chicago Manual of Style and original prose — devastated me. theoffingmag.com/enumerate/an-a…

As Palestinians dig up body parts of their children burned alive by Israeli bombs while they slept in tents, the NYT published these words 'One of the greatest mass delusions of the 21st century is the belief that Israel is committing a genocide against Palestinians'

newspapers, including my former employer, recently sent out emails to staff warning them not to say anything online about what’s happening in Palestine. the forced silence of supposed truth tellers is violence. neutrality right now is violence.

Coming to San Francisco for the Bay Area Book Festival (and the days before and after it); hit me up if you wanna hang / eat foods / talk about Elastic magazine / hold my hand and skip in the sun

Been working on this anthology with Tyehimba Jess for the last year and I am SO THRILLED we finally get to announce it and open the process up for submissions. This is not just a love letter to Black letters, but a love letter to the communities that inspire Black letters. ✨

Every writer I know wants the same thing: an editor who understands our work, with whom we can bond and form a stable, long-lasting relationship, and have the privilege of working with on book after book after book.

New fiction by Rachel Cusk in the magazine! I read this story maybe 20 times during the editing process and I can honestly say I liked it more each time. She is truly the master!! If you missed it at the weekend, here's a free link on.ft.com/3Ka2zfs

I am so thrilled to be working with treasured friend and brilliant editorial mind Hillary Brenhouse on a NEW MAGAZINE of psychedelic art and literature.... follow Elastic magazine and stay tuned for its glorious arrival in spring 2025 💫 💫 💫

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The author Alice Munro has died at 92. “Few contemporary writers are more admired, and with good reason,” James Wood wrote, when she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 2013. nyer.cm/g3T3GPx

I never felt a deep soul connection to Canada, never really cared about being Canadian. Except when I was reading Munro. I wanted to stay inside those stories forever. Any world she built I wanted to belong to. She opened up my country and the literary universe to me.

This beauty from Lilly Dancyger finally arrived. I just thanked the postman, put my work away, read the first essay, and my heart is already aching.

one of the most exciting pitch calls I've ever seen—Orion is looking for queer nonfiction stories about food!!!
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after a litany of tone-deaf opinions by a certain novelist, the whole op-ed NYT section, & the Atlantic that are more obsessed with culture wars than genocide, we finally have a piece that's smart and clear-eyed about the student movement. newyorker.com/news/essay/the…

The THC entering my bloodstream

Launching soon, special double issue in collaboration with Majalla 28, co-edited by Mohammed Zaqzooq and Mahmoud al-Shaer, w/contributions from more than 20 writers in Gaza, + classic works, art, fiction, & poetry centering Gaza.

All profit from sales+ads go to our Gaza partners

Fascinating letter from Hillel student leaders to the off-campus Jewish community.

“We cannot have a clearer ask for the off-campus Jewish community: stay off our campus. Do not fund any actions on campus. Do not protest on campus. Your actions are harming Jewish students.”

The Columbia Daily Spectator staff wrote and photographed an entire cover package for New York Magazine, I am so ridiculously proud of them!!! columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/05/0…