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4 3 2 1: Overture
Paul Auster
‘According to family legend, Ferguson’s grandfather departed on foot from his native city of Minsk with one hundred rubles sewn into the lining of his jacket’
An extract from 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster.
700 Miles
Seba Kurtis & Barry W. Hughes
A photoessay documenting life along the 700-mile concrete and steel border between Mexico and the United States.
A Mingling | State of Mind
Siri Hustvedt
‘My empathy may become a vehicle of insight for me and therefore help me to help you or it may debilitate me altogether, make me so sad I am no good to you whatsoever.’
A Pinch of Salt
Andrea Brady
‘When we’re close to weaning / ourselves history gives us its reasons / to return’
A Scale Model of Gull Point
Kate Folk
Trapped in a revolving restaurant during an American revolution, Shel VanRybroek turns to tin-foil sculpture.
A Sharing Economy
Karen Solie
‘The Paying Guest rises in the middle of the night / to turn off the radio where no radio exists’
A Suburban Weekend
Lisa Taddeo
‘The facts. Fern was skinnier than Liv, but Liv was blonde and tall and her breasts were enormous and thrillingly spaced.’
A Wooden Taste Is the Word for Dam a Wooden Taste Is the Word for Dam a Wooden Taste Is the Word For
Jesse Ball
‘My friends, what I mean is, this life is shallow like a plate. It goes no further.’
After Ann Lauterbach
Emily Critchley
‘The piano eyes me / from its corner – / colluding with the past’