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Everything I Haven’t Done
By Morgan Thomas“Hey, how are you doing? her text said. I read it again: Hey. How are you doing? I read it again: Hey. How. Are. You. Doing?”
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Fiction
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Loving the Limitations of the Novel: A Conversation between Sally Rooney and Merve Emre
By Merve Emre"Loving the novel is a bit like a rebellious love, like a teenager’s reaction to their parents’ love."
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At Work
Naked
By Fumio Yamamoto“At first, the descriptor ‘Unemployed, Age 34’ had sounded almost like a criminal charge, but I’d gotten used to it soon enough.”
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Fiction
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My Enemies, A–Z
By Molly YoungJellyfish larvae, looking things up online, T-shirts that say where the wearer attended college.
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Sissy Spacek
By Mark Leidner“Freddie Mercury / Venus Williams / Bruno Mars”
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Poetry
The Answer Is Beef
By Matt Broaddus“They close the factory / They close the school / They point with fear”
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Poetry
Afrika
By Ayé Aton“From the nineties to his death, Aton composed hundreds of smaller-scale acrylics on paper and canvas.”