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The Foreign Correspondent
Pallavi Aiyar
‘The absence of Indian foreign correspondents was, and is, unexceptional.’
Light
Lesley Nneka Arimah
‘When Enebeli Okwara sent his girl out in the world, he did not know what the world did to daughters.’ 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize – regional winner for Africa.
The Emotional Life of Plants
Rae Armantrout
An exciton consists / of the escaped negative / (electron) / and the positive hole / it left behind.
Best Book of 2008: The Alphabet
Rae Armantrout
Rae Armantrout on why Ron Silliman's The Alphabet is the best book of 2008.
The Gentlest Village
Jesse Ball
‘You are learning – learning a great deal. It is too much for you, so your body bows out. Then you wake up and you can continue.’
A Numbered Graph That Shows How Each Part of the Body Would Fit Into A Chair
Mary Jo Bang
‘It’s a simple truth that one can occupy two / places at one time while sitting in a chair—the same way a / poseable doll can be divided from her dress.’
Lady Neptune
Ann Beattie
‘The word money popped up like a bit of the ocean’s detritus riding in on a wave, but her lips formed the words ‘Merry Christmas’.’
Five Parties
Ned Beauman
‘The second year, I noticed before anyone else that the Coelophysis was trying to escape.’