Fiction & Poetry
Fiction
“The Lottery”
“The people had done it so many times that they only half listened to the directions; most of them were quiet, wetting their lips, not looking around.”
- Fiction
“Jack and Della”
“She couldn’t be seen walking down the street with him without damage to her reputation, a risk a teacher can’t take.”
- Flash Fiction
“Grayness”
“It was a job for every person on the planet to put colors where they ought to be.”
The Writer’s Voice
Hari Kunzru Reads “A Transparent Woman”
The author reads his story from the July 6 & 13, 2020, issue of the magazine.
Poetry
“Still-Life with Potatoes, Pearls, Raw Meat, Rhinestones, Lard, and Horse Hooves”
“Death is natural, at least in Spanish, I think. / Life? I’m not so sure.”
The Poetry Podcast
Clarence Major Reads Billy Collins
Clarence Major joins Kevin Young to discuss “Downpour,” by Billy Collins, and his own poem “Hair.”
Flash Fiction
“Courage”
“Selfishness was its own form of courage, and in fact was, within reason, exactly the kind of courage that he had in mind.”
The Fiction Podcast
Allegra Goodman Reads Eudora Welty
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “No Place for You, My Love,” by Eudora Welty, from a 1952 issue of the magazine.