From unsolicited letters sent to Aileen Cannon, a federal judge in the Southern District of Florida, after she announced that she would appoint a special master to review documents removed…

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From an interview with the critic and historian Greg Tate, conducted for Ain’t But a Few of Us, a collection of conversations with black jazz critics, edited by Willard Jenkins,…

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From “Rose-Colored Glasses,” which was published in the Winter 2022 issue of Raritan. Long gray hair shredded by the cold demiwind funneling up through the village, curving up and around…

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From a conversation between Martha Stewart and Chelsea Handler, which took place in July on Handler’s podcast Dear Chelsea. chelsea handler: What’s going on in your love life? martha stewart:…

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From headlines published in the Opinion section of the New York Times since 2011. I’m a New York City Liberal I’m a Democrat and a Feminist I Work for Midwestern…

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From The Writing of an Hour, a poetry collection, which was published in March by Wesleyan University Press. A bouquet of twigs and moss and a hard orange burst of…

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Photographs of Return to Origin, a mixed-media artwork by RaMell Ross, which was exhibited earlier this year at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, in New Orleans. In October 2021,…

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From Still No Word from You, which was published last month by Catapult. On the black-and-white TV in the kitchen, my mother and I watched Richard Nixon’s helicopter slowly rise.…

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From the novel Life Is Everywhere, which was published last month by Graywolf Press. When I was in college, when my mother’s mother died, I did not know what to…

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Published in Issue 15 of Fonograf Editions. The baby’s blameless, I can’t argue with that. She hasn’t told a single lie in her life, let alone cheated, however inadvertently, on…

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From descriptions of Guy Fieri published in the New York Times between 2010 and 2022. Clown Overexposed on shows with adults Spike-haired Heavily tattooed The Sammy Hagar of TV chefs…

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From notes taken by Belgian researchers studying how different kinds of music affect pigs in captivity. reggae: Tail-wagging new beat: Pigs are looking around for danger rock: Stressful country: Pigs…

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From an interview with James Nix, conducted in June by Kristen Rary of Action News Jax, in Florida. james nix: How can I help you? kristen rary: We got a…

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From Feral City, which was published last month by W. W. Norton. As a child I was told I didn’t smile enough. Adults pinched my cheeks, trying to force it.…

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From A Boy’s Own Story, an adaptation of Edmund White’s 1982 novel of the same name. The book will be published this month by Top Shelf Productions.

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From “Dark Matter,” an essay that appears in Bright Unbearable Reality, which will be published this month by New York Review Books. There are no cattle on the ranch, though…

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From the novel Dr. No, which will be published next month by Graywolf Press. 1. It is postulated that before the so-called Big Bang (like many, I imagine that it…

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From a list of frequently asked questions on the website for After the Rapture Pet Care. Who are these Pet Caretakers and how do I know they’ll take good care…

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From Sojourn, which was published last month by New York Review Books. The flat was new to me. I’d moved into it the day before yesterday in a hurry. It…

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From The Poems, which will be published next month by Seagull Books. This is the first time the poem has appeared in English. Translated from the German. All you have…

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From an interview with Becky Currie, a Republican member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, conducted by Anna Wolfe for Mississippi Today. Currie wrote the Mississippi Gestational Age Act, which…

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From writings left behind by visitors to the Oakland Public Library. Dear Librarian: Those three kids over there are making too much noise and I can’t read and my friend…

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From a lawsuit filed against American Airlines by a passenger, Michael Lowe, earlier this year. On May 13, the police began investigating the burglary of a duty-free store in Dallas…

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From comments made by Russian chess officials in July, following an incident at the Moscow Open in which a chess-playing robot broke the finger of its seven-year-old competitor. Translated from…

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From an essay that originally appeared in Jornal do Brasil in 1967 and is included in Too Much of Life, which will be published this month by New Directions. Translated…

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From The Tablet of Destinies, which was published in July by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Translated from the Italian. Inanna had desired to leave the Great Above and go down…

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From interviews conducted with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated laborers by employees of the American Civil Liberties Union and professors and students at the University of Chicago Law School. field labor…

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From “Club Chair,” an essay in the collection Lost Objects, which was published in July by Hat & Beard Press. In 1957, my family was at the historical apex of…

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