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Poet Donald Hall on Solitude, Zadie Smith’s New Novel, and More
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Am I Alone Here? by Peter Orner
Peter Orner reads “Upper Moose Lake, 1990,” from his new essay collection, Am I Alone Here?, published in November by Catapult.
Upper Moose Lake, 1990
I’m twenty-two, I’m drunk, I’m in a canoe. The Boundary Waters of northern...
I’ll Tell You in Person by Chloe Caldwell
Chloe Caldwell reads an excerpt from “Hungry Ghost,” included in her new essay collection, I’ll Tell You in Person, published in October by Emily Books.
The Needle’s Eye by Fanny Howe
Fanny Howe reads from her latest essay collection, The Needle’s Eye: Passing Through Youth, published in November by Graywolf Press.
Embryonic
Once upon a time in Uzbekistan there was a boy named Faroukh who had the...
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