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Brother Poem
Will Harris
‘Our snapped-off shadows / made a simple shape / one within the other like / a folded napkin’
Poetry by Will Harris.
They’re Going To Love You
Meg Howrey
‘He understands he is a container. For music, for movement.’
An excerpt from Meg Howrey’s novel, set in the world of professional ballet.
Two Poems
Lee Kathryn Hodge
‘Tell me now what it is that dies, gasping for another world in my hand.’
Two poems by Lee Kathryn Hodge.
Living Rooms
Sam Johnson-Schlee
‘Before chintziness there was chintz, a fabric produced in India and imported to Europe by colonial traders.’
Sam Johnson-Schlee on what chintz means.
Strega
Johanne Lykke Holm
‘I knew a woman’s life could at any point be turned into a crime scene.’
An excerpt from Strega.
Three Poems
John Freeman
‘One morning time trips a reel / and I’m confronted with / the object I will become / carpentered for eternity.’
An extract from John Freeman’sWind, Trees.
The Unfolding
A.M. Homes
‘As the brightness increases, the sky flushes with pink and red hues somewhere between birth and Armageddon.’
An excerpt from A.M. Homes’ new novel.
Life Is Everywhere
Lucy Ives
‘Erin’s mother, whom Erin also loved, was a covetous person, treacherous and clever.’
An excerpt from Lucy Ives’ new novel.
Comfy
Edward Herring
‘Who needs a bed? he said one night. He was drinking beer out of an old dirty pickle jar.’
New fiction by Edward Herring.
Letters from Ukraine
Lindsey Hilsum
‘As every soldier and every journalist who has ever covered a war knows – sleeping and eating are the most important things.’
Lindsey Hilsum writes home from Ukraine.
The Recipe
Rebecca May Johnson
‘The recipe is a text that can produce spattering because it was spattering before it was language.’
Rebecca May Johnson on recipes, repetition and intimacy.
But the Heart in a Sense Is Far from Me Floating Out There
Peter Gizzi
‘It’s right to extract bone from the afterlife’
A poem by Peter Gizzi.
