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Nine Goodbyes

45, New Fiction by Buzz Mauro

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My partner is scrambling eggs. He says, “Have you thought about it yet at all?” almost too softly for me to hear, and it becomes one of those times when the gayness of a gay relationship must not be …

Thirsty

45, New Fiction by

This woman that I barely know is asking how I feel about kids. Kids, I say, sure.

We’re in bed, after the fact, her head on my shoulder, eyes burning up at me. Do I tell her now that …

Pinch Hitter

45, New Fiction by Jason Villemez

A guy called me up and said he was responding to the ad I put on Craigslist, that I’d do any odd job so long as it was legal. He wanted someone to sit with him while he came out …

Carmen Maria Machado

45, New Interview by Kimberly Pollard

  • Carmen Maria Machado, Photo Credit: Art Streiber / AUGUST
  • Kimberly Pollard

Carmen Maria Machado is the author of the bestselling memoir In the Dream House and the short story collection Her Body and Other Parties. She has been a …

Philip Himberg

45, New Interview by Lisa Ahima

  • Philip Himberg
  • Lisa Ahima

Philip Himberg oversees the creative mission as well as the financial well-being of the nation’s first multidisciplinary residency program. Himberg arrived at MacDowell in May of 2019 from The Sundance Institute where he spent 23 years …

Jacqueline Woodson

45, New Interview by Cassidy Wells

  • Jacqueline Woodson, Photo Credit: Tiffany A. Bloomfield
  • Cassidy Wells

Jacqueline Woodson is the recipient of the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award, the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, and the 2018 Children’s Literature Legacy Award. She was the 2018–2019 National Ambassador for Young …

Silas Howard

45, New Interview by Jordan Lassiter

  • Silas Howard
  • Jordan Lassiter

The first trans filmmaker ever to direct an episode of Amazon Studio’s Transparent, Silas Howard is an award-winning director and writer with a singular gift for crafting widely untold or underrepresented stories. He served as …