Readings Archives

Readings

Excerpts from the best and most bizarre new books, testimonies, government documents, journals, news reports, speeches, and letters.

Guten morgen Deutschland

Art by Katrin Heichel,

Doctor’s orders

by John Cutler,

Filthy lucre

by Harper’s Staff,

The Undeleted

by Harper’s Staff,

From a log of redacted emails included in the release of Sarah Palin’s correspondence from her time as governor of Alaska. The records were made public in June, three years…

SoHo neighborhood

Art by Olive Ayhens,

The Pirate Economy

by Robert Neuwirth,

House for singing

Art by Brian Maguire,

Ojigi (detail)

Art by Karen LaMonte,

Whites

by Julie Otsuka,

From The Buddha in the Attic (Knopf, 2011). We settled on the edges of their towns, when they would let us. And when they would not—Do not let sundown find…

Insider art

by Harper’s Staff,

That’s sic

by Harper’s Staff,

Censor sensibility

by Harper’s Staff,

Law & odor

by Brian Banda,

A vengeful affair

Translated by Ryann Liebenthal,

All the publicist’s men

by Harper’s Staff,

STUDIO

Art by Philipp Hennevogl,

The sandhill cranes of Nebraska

by Billy Collins,

Self-portrait

Art by Nicola Tyson,

Signature piece

Art by Nicola Tyson,

Figure with arms raised

Art by Nicola Tyson,

Into the forbidden zone

by William T. Vollmann,

Street musician (Venice Beach)

Art by Barnaby Furnas,

[untitled]

Art by Barnaby Furnas,

Smoking man

Art by Barnaby Furnas,

The twins

Art by Barnaby Furnas,

The mystic

Art by Barnaby Furnas,

Comedian

Art by Martin Mull,

The monster math

by Philip Munz, Ioan Hudea, Joe Imad, Robert J. Smith,

Space

by Bill Knott,

Last Night

by Colson Whitehead,

An excerpt from the novel Zone One, which was published in October 2011 by Doubleday. On Last Night, the sprinkler had pivoted and dispensed in its prescribed arc on Mark…

Readings

Excerpts from the best and most bizarre new books, testimonies, government documents, journals, news reports, speeches, and letters.

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Guten morgen Deutschland

Doctor’s orders

Filthy lucre

The Undeleted

SoHo neighborhood

The Pirate Economy

House for singing

Ojigi (detail)

Whites

Insider art

That’s sic

Censor sensibility

Law & odor

A vengeful affair

All the publicist’s men

STUDIO

The sandhill cranes of Nebraska

Self-portrait

Signature piece

Figure with arms raised

Into the forbidden zone

Street musician (Venice Beach)

[untitled]

Smoking man

The twins

The mystic

Comedian

The monster math

Space

Last Night

September 2011

Debug