recent writing
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Three Poems by Gentian Çoçoli
The flight of a paper airplane, a fish delivering an envelope, a calf muscle trembling like a bird: in these poems, translated from the Albanian by Henry Israeli and their author, Gentian Çoçoli, one surreal image after another lifts up as beautifully as “a dove set loose / from the cage of my arms.”
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And the Priest Shall Bare the Woman’s Head!
A disgraced rabbi dies by his own hand; a Jewish family of three confronts a harrowing secret. From the spark of these related events, Adina Polatsek’s story spreads its flames. “And the Priest Shall Bear the Woman’s Head!” is a propulsive tale of intergenerational pain that follows a mother as she realizes “what the world truly was.”
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from The Dissidents
The forgotten and shockingly true story of the political cartoonists who were hounded, blacklisted, and tried for sedition in 1917, The Dissidents is a thriller that presages our current climate. It’s also the latest graphic novel from Derf, an internationally renowned comics artist who sits for an extended interview following this excerpt.
from the archive
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The Cuddler
Is perfect sex on the perfect piece of furniture really too much to ask? A new story from Trillium Book Award finalist Emily Schultz.
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The Classics Illustrated Comics Project
Five brand-new comics about adaptation, by Kevin Cannon, Pascal Girard, Melissa Mendes, Andrea Tsurumi, and Noah Van Sciver.
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Tarot/Death
“I have to invent him as a little boy / because loving him was grief-stained. // Because living with him was like— / and here I give you a house full of bees.” From Mariah Whelan, a story of violence, legacies, grief, and survival.